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- ↑ "Red Line Extension: Locally Preferred Alternative" (PDF). Chicago Transit Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 16, 2012. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
- ↑ "CTA Awards Design-Build Contract for Red Line Extension; Agency President Diplomatic on Proposed Lake Shore Drive Overhaul | Chicago News | WTTW".
- ↑ "Promised More Than 50 Years Ago, the Red Line Extension (RLE) Project Moves Closer to Groundbreaking with Award of Construction Contract to Walsh-VINCI Transit Community Partners". CTA.
- ↑ "50 years after it was promised, the South Red Line Extension is slated to get a $1.973B grant - Streetsblog Chicago". September 8, 2023. Archived from the original on March 16, 2024. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
- ↑ Koziarz, Jay (January 26, 2018). "CTA reveals route, four new stations for Far South Side Red Line extension". Curbed Chicago. Vox Media. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
- ↑ "CTA approves Red Line Extension contracts as estimated cost balloons to $5.3 billion". Chicago Sun-Times. August 14, 2024.
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