Rantoul leaders go to D.C. to make case for cleanup funds
RANTOUL – A contingent of Rantoul leaders was to travel to Washington, D.C., today to meet with U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin to see if they could secure federal funding for cleanup of the former Chanute Air Force Base.
Rantoul Economic Development Director Robert Bruce said the estimate to clean up the former base, which closed in 1993, has been placed at $160 million.
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