Illinois bids again for feds’ help in easing a national rail headache

By Greg Hinz, Crain’s Chicago Business; November 2, 2017

Hoping that the third time is the charm, state and local officials have submitted a new plan to finally begin work on unsnarling the notorious 75th Street corridor on the South Side where six different sets of railroad tracks converge and traffic often snarls, with a big impact both on freight users nationally and Metra commuters here in town.

But whether something finally happens depends on President Donald Trump’s administration—and on local officials and railroads hanging together.

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