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Security bollards eyed around Wrigley Field, with $30 million-plus in cost shared by city, state and Cubs

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Wrigley Field would be surrounded by concrete bollards, with the more than $30 million cost shared by the state, the city and the Cubs, under a plan proposed Wednesday to resolve a long-running stalemate about ballpark security.

The ordinance introduced to the City Council by Wrigleyville Ald. Bennett Lawson (44th) calls for installation of “anti-terrorism-rated removable bollards” around Wrigley and the widening of sidewalks along Addison Street.

Light poles would be relocated along with the required utility work.

The city has agreed to contribute $10 million or “one-third of the final guaranteed maximum price, whichever is less,” under the agreement.