The Chicago Hub Improvement Project has been massively scaled back, only receiving 93.6 million dollars put of the 800 million requested, this will cover the cost to improve the station such as replacing ventilation systems, adding a new platform and bringing CUS to ADA standards BUT will not allow for the new tracks and speed increases promised by CHIP. There is still a chance the track changes that make the project so important get funding later on, but currently CHIP is much less exciting than proposed
That's disappointing, why do you think they were denied most of the funding? Chicago is pretty important.
My hunch is that they are splitting the funds to get multiple press days out of it, but I think it would be better as one large lump sum
