Richard J. Daley talked about it, Lightfoot delivered: City Council approves mass transit TIF to help bankroll Red Line South extension

A Red Line train heads toward the 95th Street station, currently the end of the line. But the Chicago City Council on Wednesday approved a major piece of the funding needed to extend that line south to 130th Street and add four new stations. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

Former Mayor Richard J. Daley talked about extending the Red Line South to 130th Street.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot can now say she helped deliver the $3.6 billion extension that will finally provide mass transit service to the only part of Chicago without it.