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Aydali Campa | Inside Climate News

Stevenson Expressway road-widening plans have some in Little Village worried air pollution will get worse

Esmeralda Hernandez, 46, near her home in Little Village. She’s against plans now being considered in Springfield that would widen the nearby Stevenson Expressway. (Anthony Vazquez / Sun-Times)

Having spent most of her life in Little Village, Sara Cortes has gotten used to living with bad-smelling air and a smoggy haze in the summer. 

Then, about a year ago, Cortes, 38, was diagnosed with an untreatable lung condition. It leaves her tired and short of breath.

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