The City Council narrowly approved Mayor Brandon Johnson's controversial $830 million bond deal to finance neighborhood infrastructure improvements, despite complaints that a back-loaded repayment schedule would inflate the total cost to $2 billion by the time all of the debt is paid off.

The City Council has voted Wednesday on Mayor Brandon Johnson’s $830 million bond proposal for infrastructure projects.

But the mayor was forced to cast another tie-breaking vote to avoid having the decision on his bond issue put off even longer.