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Supreme Court Nixes Bid to Halt Obama Center Project
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Friday to stop work at the site of the proposed Obama Presidential Center in the South Side’s Jackson Park. Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who is assigned to the region, denied the motion by the group Protect Our Parks without comment.
The high court’s action occurs a couple of weeks after U.S. District Court Judge Robert Blakey denied Protect Our Parks’ request for an injunction to halt construction, which began August 16. The group has maintained that the federal government failed to perform required environmental reviews on the project, which the Obama Foundation now projects to cost $830 million.
In a statement, Protect Our Parks said, “Our core arguments seek to protect the long-term environmental and historical resources in Jackson Park, and we look forward to presenting our evidence and these arguments in the appellate and district court in the coming weeks.”
- ◦Policy/Gov't
