Cahokia Heights

Officials and lawyers representing the city said Cahokia Heights had still not received most of the funding.

The coordinator, Beth Murphy, said a key accomplishment — what she calls the “matrix” — details ongoing construction projects, plus future construction and funding, to fix the chronic water issues plaguing the Metro East community.

The Army Corps shelved 14 flood control measures authorized in 1965 for the area because of “low cost-benefit ratios.” The federal lawmakers noted that decades later the communities experience frequent flooding.

It’s been over three months since Illinois lawmakers requested a federal public health assessment because of residents’ repeated exposure to sewage from broken municipal infrastructure.

Replacing the sewer line is an essential step in fixing Cahokia Heights' faulty system that's left residents with backed-up toilets, flooded basements and standing water in their yards.

Cahokia Heights has still not received most of the millions of dollars that state and federal leaders said two years ago would be available to fix broken infrastructure.

The allegations center around the more than $50 million St. Clair County received from the federal government as part of the American Rescue Plan Act.

As Cahokia Heights residents found themselves continuously sick with respiratory conditions, heart problems, and bacterial infections they had one question — where were the health officials?

The federal agency took similar action to address lead contamination in Flint, Michigan. The goal of the coordinator will be to maximize the federal government’s response to long-standing issues in Cahokia Heights.

The program provides federal support for high-need school districts to implement, improve or expand their human resources system, which must include a performance-based compensation system.