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Old Posted Apr 15, 2021, 2:53 PM
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CN isn't abandoning the SCAL after pouring millions into South Loop bridge replacement. I got the sense that whole abandonment was a vague Rahm-era plan to get a High Line between the lakefront and The 78 and juice up South Loop condo values. I don't think CN was ever on board with that plan. Grand Crossing is only for passenger trains, fwiw and that's been quiet for a long time given how it was conditional on NS' plan to tear down half of Englewood.

Anyway, to get back to the Goose Island area topically, the North Branch transitway has also been quiet for a long time. I have to imagine it's tied up in the General Iron controversy - if General Iron leaves, then Sterling Bay will likely buy their old property and remove the last obstacle to the transitway.

Sigh, why does every good transit improvement need to be tied up in some evil plot?
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