SPRING GARDEN (WPVI) -- Construction is officially underway on the long-talked about "Reading Viaduct Rail Park".
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney and Governor Tom Wolf helped break ground Monday on the 10 million dollar Phase One.
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The elevated track, now abandoned and overgrown, will be turned into a green park for recreation.
This stretch curves from Broad to Callowhill.
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Completion is expect in early 2018.