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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Brett Chase

Southwest Side mom prevails in fight over lead paint on viaduct

The sidewalk was closed and a work crew’s equipment sat at a viaduct Wednesday on West 64th Street at South Central Park Avenue where lead paint was peeling. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

A Southwest Side mom is declaring victory after spending three years warning about peeling lead paint at viaduct passageways where children walk on their way to and from school. 

Alejandra Frausto’s campaign was featured in a Sun-Times story in June. Her persistence finally paid off as the railroad that owns the viaduct — with passageways from 63rd to 67th streets along Central Park Avenue — recently agreed to clean up the areas where thousands of paint chips litter the ground. 

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