REVEALED: 130th street - The Real Truth

As Red Line extension advances, a cheaper way hides in plain sight

The CTA’s $3.7 billion plan to extend rail service to 130th Street overlaps rail service already in place.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 25, 2023

Funding for Red Line extension approved, straw purchaser of gun used to kill Officer Ella French sentenced and more in your Chicago news roundup

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Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 14, 2022

Richard J. Daley talked about it, Lightfoot delivered: City Council approves mass transit TIF to help bankroll Red Line South extension

The City Council on Wednesday created a new transit tax increment financing district to bankroll about one-fourth — $959 million — of the cost of extending the CTA’s Red Line from 95th Street to 130th Street and building four new stations along the way.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 14, 2022