Chicago gets FAA approval to spend $182 million on O'Hare expansion design
Tribune staff report
March 1, 2009
Chicago has received the go-ahead to spend $182 million in airline passenger ticket taxes on design drawings for a possible future expansion of O'Hare International Airport, officials said Friday.
The Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday approved the use of the ticket taxes to pay for the design of two new runways, an extension to an existing runway and a planned western passenger terminal.
Although FAA approval will allow Chicago to begin design and engineering on the remaining elements of the $15 billion O'Hare project, the major airlines still refuse to help pay for construction.
The airlines have told Chicago that they oppose more spending on the project until a re-evaluation is completed.
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