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Durbin: More money for Metro East port project

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill.
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U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill.

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin says a Metro East port project is getting more money.

Durbin announced the $8.5 million from the Department of Transportation. The money is to help build a transportation hub that Durbin says can help reduce congestion on the Mississippi River.

Durbin's office says the project got $6 million last year. The project includes a harbor, rail lines and a rail and truck facility in Madison County, Ill.

The Illinois Democrat says the facility can help the Metro East's economic competitiveness.

The new award was part of a pot of money redistributed by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. The secretary is a former member of Congress from Illinois.