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Normal Gets Stimulus Cash for Transportation Hub
NORMAL, Ill. (AP) -- A central Illinois community is celebrating its selection to receive a large chunk of stimulus money.

Federal authorities say $22 million will go to help pay for a $40 million transportation center in downtown Normal that'll serve Amtrak trains, as well as buses and taxis. It'll also house new city council chambers.

The facility will replace the existing, much-maligned Amtrak station some call "Amshack." It's expected to be a stop along a high-speed train route between Chicago and St. Louis.

Normal Mayor Chris Koos tells The (Bloomington) Pantagraph he's "elated" by the news.

The stimulus money was part of $1.5 billion distributed to projects nationwide. The Chicago area got $100 million for projects to reduce rail congestion.

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