The CTA is in line to receive a $2 billion federal grant — the largest in its history — to cover half the cost of the 5.6-mile Red Line extension to provide mass transit service to the only part of Chicago without it.
After 50 years of political promises and baby steps, the promise former Mayor Richard J. Daley made when he opened the 95th Street station in 1969 is finally nearing the finish line.
