The City Council agreed Wednesday to vacate streets and alleys to pave the way for a $150 million expansion of Norfolk Southern Railway’s intermodal yard in Englewood after the local alderperson lifted the legislative brick.
Last month, Ald. Jeanette Taylor (20th) extended what has been a 15-year odyssey for the rail giant by using a parliamentary maneuver to delay the project. It has been mired in controversy over the residential displacement it required and the truck traffic and pollution it caused for those residents who remain.
