(Source: Chicago Tribune, August 20, 2020)
CHICAGO — As the pandemic persists and people stay home in droves, Metra is falling further behind its revenue schedule. The Chicago area’s commuter rail system upped its projected two-year budget deficit to $682.5 million at a virtual monthly board Wednesday, and warned that it will have to start cutting costs more aggressively without additional federal aid like the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act passed in March.
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