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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Fran Spielman

Repaving streets, replacing bridges, adding bike lanes: read details of next two years of city’s $4.5 billion capital plan

A Chicago Department of Transportation crew fills potholes along South Lake Shore Drive near East 90th Street in March 2021. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

Two years ago, Mayor Lori Lightfoot famously warned African-American alderpersons who dared to vote against her 2021 budget, “Don’t ask me for s--- for the next three years” when choosing projects for her multi-year capital plan.

On Tuesday, that mayoral threat was a distant memory at a feel-good press conference outlining $1.8 billion in capital projects over the next two years.

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