So how much is the Illinois Route 66 plan going to cost?

The answer: no one knows.

But the Chicago Sun-Times group attempts to fish for a few answers regarding an ambitious proposal to enhance the Route 66 experience in Illinois:

… Ambrose said they are continuing to seek state and federal funding.

Most recently the group applied to receive a federal grant for $475,000 which would fund installing wayside exhibits along the route. These stationary signs would highlight attractions in the area, places to visit that aren’t located right off the roadway, and a place to stamp passports used by Route 66 travelers.

The organization has yet to find out if they received the grant, but Ambrose said there are other ways to keep the project moving both on the local and corporate levels.

“We need to work with communities,” she said. “To get photos, particularly historic photos,”

Financial contributions would also help, she said, where communities fund ideas mentioned in the plan local to their community. Corporations, such as those in the gas and oil industry, could also play a major help toward seeing the project through.

But even if the money was to all come through, Ambrose said she estimates it would take at least 10 years to execute all these ideas.

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