, a crucial stop on the high-speed tracks that connect Chicago with the East Coast. The company has described the project as one that will “build upon Chicago’s role as the heart of our nation’s supply chain.”
In February, aldermen approved a critical piece of the plan to transfer ownership of city streets and alleys to the railroad, after the ward’s current alderman, Jeanette Taylor, dropped her opposition to the plan, condemning Norfolk Southern but saying the community had decided to drop its opposition.
Her focus remains on air quality in the area and ensuring the communities around the rail yard are supported. She wants to make sure the company is held accountable for fixing the streets and infrastructure it will use, and that it conducts an annual study on the effects on neighbors of the railroad’s trains and trucks.Bob Isreal walks on a mound of debris along Normal Boulevard near 57th Street in Chicago, March 16, 2023.
Norfolk Southern has hired 50 employees directly who live in ZIP codes in and around Englewood since 2014, a railroad official said at a community meeting in January.As of January, 20 people were actively employed who live in seven South Side ZIP codes, Norfolk Southern spokesman Connor Spielmaker said in an email. That doesn’t include employees who might have moved out of the area since then, or contract jobs through vendors who operate the railroad’s facilities.
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