Agreement Reached on Airport Expansion
Gov. George Ryan and Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley announced they have agreed on a plan to expand O’Hare International Airport in an effort to deal with chronic delays.
Under the proposal, about 500 homes would be demolished to make way for a new southern runway at O’Hare. The proposal also calls for a new airfield in Peotone, about 30 miles south of the city
Daley and Ryan’s deliberations over expanding O’Hare began in earnest this summer, when Daley proposed a $6-billion package that included re-configuring several O’Hare runways and adding one on the airport’s southern side.
Ryan, in a counterproposal, signed on to the re-configuring but balked at the new runway.
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