Chicago's ambitious Red Line extension has secured crucial federal funding.

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Chicago Transit Authority signs $2B grant agreement for Red Line Extension

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The CTA Red Line extension funding announcement doubled as an endorsement of CTA President Dorval Carter’s job performance.

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Ahead of CTA fiscal cliff, Mayor Brandon Johnson warns Springfield not to hold Chicago hostage for ‘political gain’

Chicago and federal officials signed a funding agreement Friday for the CTA Red Line Extension Project, extending services from 95th to 130th.

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Chicago, federal officials sign nearly $2B funding agreement for CTA Red Line Extension Project

Nearly $2 billion in federal money needed to build the long-awaited Red Line extension to Chicago's southern border was promised in writing on Friday, ensuring the grant can't be taken back by incoming President-elect Donald Trump.Chicago Transit Authority President Dorval Carter Jr. heralded the funding agreement as the last critical step to begin construction later this year of the $5.7 billion rail extension to 130th Street.Carter said the ag…

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Red Line extension funding now certain as CTA, feds sign grant agreement

CHICAGO — An idea first floated more than 50 years ago to extend the Chicago Transit Authority's Red Line to the Far South Side is closer to becoming a reality with nearly $2B in federal funding now secured. Decades have passed since the late Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley first proposed extending the artery past 95th Street in 1969, leaving thousands of Chicagoans without easy access to the L. On Friday, elected leaders celebrated with the form…

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CTA locks in funding for Red Line Extension to Far South Side

(The Center Square) – The Chicago Transit Authority is moving forward to extend the Red Line on the city’s Far South Side, at a cost of more than $1 billion

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CTA announces funding for long-awaited, multibillion-dollar rail extension

It’s the CTA’s largest ever infusion of cash, and one that public officials hope will pay dividends for generations to come.

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Chicago CTA secures $1.9 billion for historic Red Line extension

ROSELAND — Federal transit officials have formally agreed to put nearly $2 billion toward the extension of the CTA’s Red Line before President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House, federal and local leaders announced Friday.The 5.6-mile Red Line Extension project would move the south end of the Red Line from 95th Street to 130th Street. The agency plans to build new stations at 103rd and 111th streets near South Eggleston Avenue, at Sou…

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Red Line Extension Secures $2 Billion In Federal Funds Before Trump Takes Office

(The Center Square) – The Chicago Transit Authority is moving forward to extend the Red Line on the city’s Far South Side, at a cost of more than $1 billion per mile. The project would extend the line five-and-a-half miles from 95th Street to the city’s southern boundary at 130th Street with four new stations. 
Officials signed an agreement Friday for $1.97 billion from federal taxpayers. The U.S. Department of Transportation estimated the total…

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Nearly $2 billion in federal money needed to build the long-awaited Red Line extension to Chicago’s southern border was promised in writing on Friday, ensuring the grant can’t be taken back by incoming President-elect Donald Trump. Chicago Transit Authority President Dorval Carter Jr. heralded the funding agreement as the last critical step to begin construction this year of the $5.7 billion rail extension to 130th Street. Carter said the agreem…

Chicago Transit Authority signs $2B grant agreement for Red Line Extension

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