Dive summary:

• Counting on jobs for the state, Gov. Pat Quinn of Illinois announced a $12.6 billion, six-year transportation-construction program that targets roads, bridges and public transportation.
• The program is based on getting $7.2 billion in federal funding that can be bundled with $1.9 billion from the state and the balance form local governments or other sources, and work would start July 1 in Fiscal Year 2014 and go through fiscal 2019.
• The plan, outlined in several ways in state documents, is looking to work on 2,142 miles of highway and to fix or replace 517 bridges.

From the article:

"This major investment in roads, bridges and public transportation will drive economic growth in every part of Illinois, and create tens of thousands of jobs." ...