The Red Line extension now carries a $5.75B price tag — raising questions about CTA debt, cost overruns, and whether the ...

Lee Crooks still finds it surreal he is heard on every Chicago Transit Authority bus and train speaker in the city.

The CTA has awarded a construction contract to extend the Red Line south to 130th Street, marking a major step forward in long-running plans to bring train service to Chicago’s Far South Side.