The funding agreement ensures the $1.97 billion grant cannot be clawed back by a new presidential administration, Chicago Transit Authority President Dorval Carter said.

The idea is to do this before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, paving the way for the addition of the Far South side to move forward.

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