Posted Apr 24, 2008, 3:29 PM
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/chi-ohare-expansion_24apr24,1,663642.story
TRIBUNE EXCLUSIVE
O'Hare Airport expansion deadline moved to 2014 to beat Olympic rush
By Jon Hilkevitch | Tribune reporter
April 24, 2008
Chicago says it is aggressively working to complete the expansion of delay-plagued O'Hare International Airport in 2014—two years before the city hopes to be hosting the Olympic Games.
The new fast-track timetable represents a formidable challenge. A massive reconfiguration of O'Hare's crisscrossing runways would need to be completed in only six years, all while the airport kept operating during construction.
The city previously said that the end date for the project was undetermined.
..........Among other challenges facing the city would be to build by 2014 a western satellite terminal that is needed for additional aircraft gates and passenger space to handle the projected increase in flights. But so far, no airline has agreed to help pay for the terminal or for some of the new runways.
Extending the People Mover rail system is also critical to transporting passengers from one end to the other of the expanded airport, yet the city has not locked in its funding, either.
Experts called the 2014 deadline an extreme long shot but would not rule out the possibility.............
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