Chicago's lagging lead line removal is set to get more infrastructure cash

Yes, but: Chicago has barely used the $15 million in federal block grants it got a year ago to remove lead lines.

• Lightfoot's plan set out to remove 600 lines the first year, but instead the city removed 12.
• This makes environmental advocates worry that Chicago needs more than money to finally solve the problem.

What they're saying: "[We need] political will to prioritize lead removal in a meaningful and timely way," Jeremy Orr of the Natural Resources Defense Council told WBEZ last week.

• "It's an urgent [issue] ... that's impacting people's health every day."

The other side: Chicago water department officials told Axios last month that the slow pace of removal stems from not having chosen a contractor to do the work.

• Progress update: Axios checked back in with water officials to ask about progress and we got no response.