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The Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways announced the list of projects that will receive funding under the 2026 Invest in Cook grant program. A total of $8,290,548 will be distributed across 36 recipients to fund three transit, nine bicycle, 12 pedestrian and 12 road projects which will leverage an additional $19 million from other sources.
This is the tenth year Invest in Cook grant funding has been awarded for transportation-related projects. In total, nearly $81 million in grants have been distributed to 346 projects throughout Cook County, which enabled $223.5 million in project activity.