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Chicago Meigs Airport deal not yet set in stone

A bill moving through Congress that would dramatically expand Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) would also protect tiny Meigs Field (CGX) for the

By AIN Staff • AIN Staff

May 15, 2008

A bill moving through Congress that would dramatically expand Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) would also protect tiny Meigs Field (CGX) for the next quarter century. But opposition to the proposal to add runways at O’Hare and build an entirely new airport at Peotone, Ill., could scuttle the deal.

H.R.3479 calls for reconfiguring ORD to eight runways–including six parallel runways–constructing a “south suburban” airport near Peotone and continuing the operation of Meigs as a general aviation airport. Introduced by Rep. William Lipinski (D-Ill.), whose district includes Chicago Midway Airport (MDW), it has garnered both considerable support and strenuous opposition.

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