McCombie Delivers Essential Infrastructure Funds to Lanark

House Minority Leader Tony McCombie met with local current and former elected officials today to celebrate essential funding delivered to the City of Lanark to help with local infrastructure improvements.

Leader McCombie secured the release of $112,500 in capital infrastructure funds for the City of Lanark which was used to fund improvements to the water infrastructure system, including equipment updates and the purchase of the SCADA System to monitor, control, and analyze water and wastewater at the Lanark sewer plant.

Today, Leader McCombie was joined by the Mayor of Lanark, Jeri Rogan and the former Mayor of Lanark, Ken Viglietta, to honor the delivered funding.

The state grant stemmed from the 2019 Rebuild Illinois Capital Program which delivers necessary funding to capital projects in communities through the state. McCombie was integral in ensuring Lanark's funding was released.

"Securing funding to help Lanark deliver on essential infrastructure projects is vital to the success and wellbeing of this community," said McCombie. "As a state when we invest in projects like these at the local level, it really paves a better pathway for all of Illinois."

Mayor Jeri Rogan was pleased to have these funds materialized for the city.

"An improved infrastructure will ensure that the quality of our water is safe and secure for families and businesses throughout the area. I want to thank leader McCombie for continuing to fight for northwest Illinois and bringing this essential project funding home to Lanark," said Rogan.

The 2019 Rebuild Illinois Capitol grant was first requested under former Lanark Mayor Ken Viglietta, who stood alongside Leader McCombie and Mayor Rogan today.

"These funds have been years in the making, and it is a great day for Lanark for this to come to fruition," said Viglietta. "It was a long road to get to this point, and I am proud of the coordination and the advocacy on behalf of Lanark to see this project through to the finish."