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Metro and the St. Clair County Transit District are holding a ground breaking ceremony on Friday, June 4 with the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for the $2.1 million slope stablization and scour protection project along the MetroLink tracks between Fairview Heights and Swansea, IL.

This project will stabilize slopes and protect against scour along the MetroLink tracks. It is financed through the AMerican Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The project includes excavating, repairing, and stabilizing 15 sites adjacent to the MetroLink tracks and near retaining walls along 4.5 miles of the light rail system's tracks where storm water has eroded the soil. The project is necessary maintenance that provides additional protection to the system.