NEWLY REVEALED O'HARE AIRPORT BY-PASS ROAD WOULD COST MORE THAN $1 BILLION IN DESTROYED HOMES AND BUSINESSES, LAND ACQUISITION, AND LOST TAX REVENUES
An Illinois Department of Transportation map made public for the first time shows the location of a controversial by-pass highway west of O’Hare Airport and the nearly $1 billion path of destruction it will create in the northwest suburbs.
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O'Hare limousine plaza halted -- too close to future runway
City Hall has permanently halted construction of an $8 million O'Hare Airport complex that would have given limousine drivers a staging area like a truck stop. The halt came amid embarrassing conflicts with one of Mayor Daley's proposed new runways.
BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter
Chicago Sun-Times
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Is Chicago scaling back its O’Hare expansion plan?
Faced with increasing evidence that the “O’Hare Modernization Program” is unworkable, too expensive and unsafe, the city has subtly changed its tune: We’ll just build a new northern runway and “see” if the additional runways are needed.
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O'Hare Expansion Watch
Three times in the last three years, the latest about a month ago, pilots have landed on a Sea-Tac Airport taxiway, mistaking it for an active runway. The taxiway, "Tango," was built to serve a new runway, yet four years away from completion.
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CANDIDATES SIGN PLEDGE AT SOC FORUM TO OPPOSE O'HARE EXPANSION
Five candidates running for the United States Senate and for Illinois General Assembly seats in the March 16 primary election have signed the Suburban O’Hare Commission’s pledge to oppose the City of Chicago’s current plan to expand O’Hare Field.
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Keep a close eye on O'Hare plans
Two high-profile opponents of O'Hare International Airport expansion have asked a federal watchdog to watch over the Federal Aviation Administration's shoulder as that agency reviews modernization plans.
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O’HARE EXPANSION PLAN IN TROUBLE; FATAL FLAWS CONFIRMED
Chicago’s release of its O’Hare master plan admits that cost estimates for the O’Hare Airport expansion will top $14.8 billion—a huge sum for an airport project. That’s three times the cost of the entire new Denver Airport. Worse yet, based on an early examination of the Chicago master plan, Chicago appears to concede that the capacity of the massive expansion will be exhausted shortly after it opens for service.
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