Metra gets an earful from aldermen
Elle Lee/Sun-Times file photo Chicago aldermen on Monday laid the groundwork for Metra to get $850,000 in tax-increment-financing funds to engineer improvements to seven grade crossings in Fulton Market, but not before giving the commuter rail agency an earful about neighborhood neglect. During a Finance Committee meeting, a parade of aldermen demanded to know why Metra is talking about upgrading the seven crossings — and building a new Fulton Market Station — on the Near West Side while property owned by Metra outside the Central Business District is in such sorry shape. “I’m glad t...
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