Chicago alderman wants independent review of traffic study that gave Bally’s temporary casino plan a green light

Chicago alderman wants independent review of traffic study that gave Bally’s temporary casino plan a green light

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  • Tara Molina, WBBM-TV
October 3, 2022 6:44 PM

A new traffic study gives the green light to plans for Bally’s temporary casino in the River North neighborhood, but the alderman neighbors say no way, especially with the study’s reliance on casino visitors using the CTA at a time when crime is on the rise on mass transit.

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The study – paid for by the temporary casino’s developer, Bally’s – found that the River North area will be able to handle the increase in traffic that comes from the casino.

But critics have cast doubt on the study’s assertion that many casino customers will use the CTA to get to the temporary site in River North, rather than driving, despite spiking crime on mass transit and downtown.