Saving public transport of a hole of $ 771 million should not fall entirely on the state government, GOV said. JB Pritzker Monday.
Federal Covid-19 aid for Metra, PACE and the CTA dries up in 2026, and 40% service cuts are expected if there is no rescue of the so-called “tax cliff”.
“It’s not a matter of the state budget … It is really a separate issue,” Pritzker noted in a bill in Chicago.
Passengers will stack on 5 June from an outgoing metra train at Naperville station. The Forens Spoorweg together with PACE and the Chicago Transit Authority are confronted with a transit gap of $ 771 million in 2026.
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“I also want to point out that there are a lot of contribution to the solution here. I know that there are people who say:” Well, this is the cliff, and here is the amount of money, and what will the state do to fill that gap? “
“The answer is not that the state is only responsible for filling in that gap,” said Pritzker. “There are many sources … The provinces where their residents are affected, the city of Chicago, also Cook County, and the riders themselves, as well as efficiency that must be brought to the system.
“And you have to compile all of that and really determine how much money, real, the state must bring forward.”
The Senate of the State adopted a bill on 31 May to replace the regional transport authority with a new entity, the Northern Illinois Transit Authority, which would have more authority over the three agencies.
But the legislation was suspended in the house in the midst of concern about new taxes and reimbursements, such as a cost of $ 1.50 for many online home deliveries.
“Financing is only on December 31,” said house speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch Monday. “We are back in session in October for the Veto session. We have time – we continue to do our bit.
“We are close to reforms, but we are not there yet,” Welch added. “We want to continue to tackle what we hear from commuters, we want to tackle concern about the rider, we want to tackle safety, we want to tackle management issues.
“It is important to go slowly and get it right, instead of going quickly and being wrong.”
But rather is better than last-minute, said St. Charles Republican Senator Don Dewitte Tuesday during a City Club of Chicago Forum.
The laws are currently in conversation about the transit crisis, which is making a special session this summer, he explained.
“I don’t want to go to October and have thrown a bill on our lap – take it or let it,” said Dewitte, spokesperson for the minority committee Senate.
In the meantime, the RTA Metra, PACE and the CTA directs to develop two separate budgets one for a sausage case scenario and a second assuming that financing has been resolved.
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