The Illinois Department of Transportation on Friday laid out a $34.6 billion six-year spending plan for road, bridge, transit, rail, airport and port upkeep.

It’s the latest multi-year plan backed by the state’s 2019 Rebuild Illinois bipartisan infrastructure law, which doubled the state’s motor fuel tax from 19 to 38 cents a gallon and scheduled it to grow with the rate of inflation. That measure also increased driving-related fees, redirected a portion of the state’s sales tax on motor fuel to the road fund and authorized borrowing to pay for construction projects.



“A little over three years ago, I signed our historic bipartisan infrastructure program into law,” Gov. J.B. Pritzker said at a news conference at the Illinois Department of Transportation building in Springfield. “And since then, Rebuild Illinois has undertaken a massive transformation of our state's transportation systems.”