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CTA seeks approvals for several Red Line Extension property purchases and relocation payments

Chicago Transit Authority Board · June 12, 2025
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Summary

The board moved multiple RLE-related ordinances forward: $5.57M for relocation at 11900 S. Cottage Grove, purchases at multiple Cottage Grove parcels (prices ranged from $1.175M to $5.6M), and an IGA with MWRD that carries a $4.49M acquisition cost and reimbursements not to exceed $45.51M for mitigation work.

Bill Mooney, CTA chief infrastructure officer, briefed the board on a series of Red Line Extension (RLE) land transactions and associated relocation expenses.

Mooney asked for board approval of relocation expenses due under the Uniform Relocation Assistance Act for the parcel at 11900 South Cottage Grove totaling $5,573,470 and noted this exceeds staff authority thresholds so board action was required. He then presented…

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