Illinois transportation officials unveiled a six-year, $21.3-billion upgrade program recently, despite the COVID-19 pandemic and the gas tax shortfalls expected from it.
Early April talk about including infrastructure provisions in recovery bills related to the coronavirus pandemic has been overtaken by other priorities, such as more aid for small businesses.
Garver saw its regional revenue grow by 25% during its centennial year of 2019 to a record high. To help keep pace, the firm hired more than 140 employees in this region alone last year, and now employs more than 600 across the five-state region, where 22 of Garver’s 34 nationwide offices are based.
The state will use unspent money from existing budgets to offset projected revenue shortfall caused by a referendum cutting car-tab registration and excise fees in the state.