Editing Chicago Hub Network (section)

===American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009===
In 2009, the federal government allocated $8&nbsp;billion in the [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act]] to be divided up among rail projects around the country.  States in the Midwest made 24 applications to the government, and on January 28, 2010, the White House announced that the Chicago network would receive money for three of its requests, and two other grants were made to Midwestern states.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/02/high-speed-rail-grants/|title=At Long Last, Clear Messages for High-Speed Rail|date=February 1, 2010|author=Zach Rosenberg|publisher=Wired Blogs|work=Autopia|access-date=February 2, 2010}}</ref>  The Chicago-based routes receiving funding were:

*$1.131 billion for Chicago–St. Louis–Kansas City<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/fact-sheet-high-speed-intercity-passenger-rail-program-chicago-st-louis-kansas-city|title=Fact Sheet: High Speed Intercity Passenger Rail Program: Chicago – St. Louis – Kansas City|access-date=January 28, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170121104655/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/fact-sheet-high-speed-intercity-passenger-rail-program-chicago-st-louis-kansas-city|archive-date=January 21, 2017|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|date=January 27, 2010 }}</ref> ($1.1&nbsp;billion for Chicago–St. Louis, $31&nbsp;million for St. Louis–Kansas City)
*$823 million for Chicago–Milwaukee–Madison–Minneapolis/St. Paul<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/fact-sheet-high-speed-intercity-passenger-rail-program-minneapolisst-paul-madison-m|title=Fact Sheet: High Speed Intercity Passenger Rail Program: Minneapolis/St. Paul – Madison – Milwaukee – Chicago|access-date=January 28, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170121104652/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/fact-sheet-high-speed-intercity-passenger-rail-program-minneapolisst-paul-madison-m|archive-date=January 21, 2017|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|date=January 27, 2010 }}</ref>  ($810&nbsp;million for Milwaukee–Madison, $12&nbsp;million for Chicago–Milwaukee, remaining $600,000 to study possible alignments to the Twin Cities.)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-wi-high-speedrail-wi,0,2769942.story|title=Wis to get $822 million for rail|agency=Associated Press|work=Chicago Tribune|date=January 28, 2010|access-date=February 2, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100202153406/http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-wi-high-speedrail-wi,0,2769942.story|archive-date=February 2, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dot.state.mn.us/newsrels/10/01/29_highspeedrail.html|title=Minnesota receives federal stimulus funds to study high-speed rail|date=January 29, 2009|publisher=Minnesota Department of Transportation|access-date=February 2, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100206164629/http://www.dot.state.mn.us/newsrels/10/01/29_highspeedrail.html|archive-date=February 6, 2010}}</ref>
*$244 million for Chicago–Detroit–Pontiac<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/fact-sheet-high-speed-intercity-passenger-rail-program-pontiac-detroit|title=Fact Sheet: High Speed Intercity Passenger Rail Program: Pontiac-Detroit-Chicago|access-date=January 28, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170121104606/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/fact-sheet-high-speed-intercity-passenger-rail-program-pontiac-detroit|archive-date=January 21, 2017|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|date=January 28, 2010 }}</ref>

An additional $400 million was released for the [[Ohio Hub|3C corridor]] in Ohio connecting Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, and Cincinnati, and $17&nbsp;million was allocated to Iowa.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/fact-sheet-high-speed-intercity-passenger-rail-program-cleveland-columbus|title=Fact Sheet: High Speed Intercity Passenger Rail Program: Cleveland – Columbus – Dayton – Cincinnati|access-date=February 2, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170121104559/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/fact-sheet-high-speed-intercity-passenger-rail-program-cleveland-columbus|archive-date=January 21, 2017|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|date=January 27, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/fact-sheet-high-speed-intercity-passenger-rail-program-iowa|title=Fact Sheet: High Speed Intercity Passenger Rail Program: Iowa|access-date=February 2, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170121104644/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/fact-sheet-high-speed-intercity-passenger-rail-program-iowa|archive-date=January 21, 2017|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|date=January 27, 2010 }}</ref>  Many of the corridors receiving funding at this time were originally designated as high-speed rail corridors following the 1991 ISTEA legislation.<ref name="fra-chronology"/>