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Originally Posted by bgsrand
The city, along with Metra, is hosting a virtual meeting 10/12 to discuss a West Loop Metra stop.
DPD,
@ChicagoDOT and @AldermanBurnett will cohost an informational webinar next month to update the Near West Side community on the feasibility of a future @Metra station and a related track realignment. The event will take place at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct12 http://bit.ly/3lZptJM |
This is a no brainer. They could build and open a station over a long weekend for basically no cost. Just pour some concrete next to the existing tracks. Google would probably do it for free.
Of course it'll instead cost half a billion dollars and take a decade.