Post by Oscar Knight on Aug 20, 2014 15:22:51 GMT -6
.."Despite the fact that the city filed for the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history, is $18 billion in debt, and nearly half of its 138 square miles have been abandoned, city leaders hope the new transit project will spur $3 billion in economic development to help revive their dying city." "In April, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) green-lighted the $140 million transit project."