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$20 Million In Federal Funds Awarded For Englewood Nature Trail Project

The project would convert a 1.75-mile abandoned railway corridor into a multi-use path.

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The Englewood Nature Trail would extend from Wallace Street on the east to Hoyne Avenue on the west along the abandoned railway embankment between 58th and 59th streets.
The Englewood Nature Trail would extend from Wallace Street on the east to Hoyne Avenue on the west along the abandoned railway embankment between 58th and 59th streets. (CBS/City of Chicago)

By CBS Chicago Staff:

CHICAGO (CBS) — A total of $20 million in federal grant coming is coming to support the development of the Englewood Nature Trail – a project to convert an abandoned railway corridor into a multi-use path.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot, U.S. Sens Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth (D-Illinois), and U.S. Rep. Danny Davis (D-Illinois) announced Thursday that the federal funding had been awarded.

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