OBAMA LIBRARY INFRASTRUCTURE COULD COST $175M

Chicago — Private dollars will pay for building former President Barack Obama’s library, but road and other work near the Chicago site could cost taxpayers. The city’s transportation department estimates that the cost of widening streets and building at least four new underpasses near the site in Jackson Park may total $175 million. In January, more than 100 University of Chicago faculty members signed a letter urging the Obama Foundation to find a different location for the center. One complaint was the taxpayer money that would be spent on infrastructure.