Schneider Celebrates Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Funding Coming to Waukegan

DEERFIELD, Ill — Today, Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10) celebrated the Biden Administration's announcement that, through the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, $1 billion would be invested in cleaning up the most degraded parts of the Great Lakes, including Waukegan, IL.

The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) areas of concern represent the clean-up and restoration of the Great Lakes' most environmentally degraded sites. The $1 billion investment in areas of concern will allow for a major acceleration of progress that will deliver significant environmental, economic, health, and recreational benefits for communities in Illinois and throughout the Great Lakes region. With the investment, EPA projects work will be completed at 22 of 25 remaining Great Lakes areas of concern.

"The bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is putting communities like Waukegan, Illinois front and center. Waukegan has for years been neglected and suffered at the hands of irresponsible corporations and former government officials that failed to protect it. Today, through the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the EPA is taking the steps necessary to finish the cleanup of Waukegan Harbor, invest in the health and wellbeing of Waukegan families, and return jobs, tourism, and recreation to the region. I'm proud to have helped pass this law and return taxpayer dollars to the Tenth District while doing the work of environmental justice," said Rep. Brad Schneider.

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