A large grant worth over a million dollars has been awarded to Central Illinois Regional Airport to help with infrastructure projects.

The grant, part of Governor Pritzker's Mega sites investment program, is designed to make 2-hundred 50 acres of the airport 'shovel ready' for future businesses.

Here's CIRA deputy director Fran Strebing.

The grant is part of 1-hundred 44 million dollars in total investments in nine projects across the state.