Alderman blocks Norfolk Southern's Englewood rail yard expansion with delay on land vote: 'It's just been a disrespect to me and the community'

A Chicago City Council ordinance to transfer a chunk of Englewood's roads to Norfolk Southern Railway was blocked Wednesday by the presiding alderman - the latesttwist in the freight company's multiyear plan to double the size of one of its rail yards despite pushback from local residents.Ald.Jeanette Taylor, 20th, and allies used a parliamentary tactic to defer the legislation that would allow the railroad to acquire the streets and alleys it doesn't already own between two existing sets of tracks from Garfield Boulevard south to 59th Street.

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