We Need A Citywide Hearing For The Lincoln Yards Project

Before the city approves one dime for the massive Lincoln Yards redevelopment project, I propose we have at least one public hearing somewhere outside the north-side community where the project will go.

Lincoln Yards is the glitzy $5 billion redevelopment project proposed by developer Sterling Bay for 70 or so acres of land between North and Webster on the North Branch of the Chicago River.

     Then he sold that vacant fleet facility land to Sterling Bay. Then he used some of the proceeds from that sale to buy land for police training center on the west side.

 Uh-oh. Reach for your wallets, everybody.

That brings me back to my proposal for a citywide public hearing. The city held a public hearing on Lincoln Yards last week at the Near North Montessori School.

Let’s bring in cops and firefighters to see if they’re getting the basic equipment they need to do their jobs.