Light Rail

The 1990 neighborhood improvement plan also called for economic development and job generation. EPDC, with help from UIUC students and faculty, succeeded in lobbying city officials and government agencies to route a light-rail line through Emerson Park and provide a station stop in the neighborhood. The Emerson Park Metrolink light-rail station was completed in 2001 providing residents with easier access to job opportunities on both sides of the Mississippi River.