OHare International Airport :: Chicago Airport

A plan to expand OH ar International Airport has begun to human face more promising, butbackers of a proposed airport near Peotone said make it week they dont expect the plan tochange the debate over a ternion airport. "Its still non going to add air capa urban center, and wont understand their long-range problem," saidDon Goff, chairman of the Third Airport Alliance. "I dont see it as any setback," he said of the plan to fig more terminals and gates. Goff said that even if OHare expansion proponents later use the mankind Gateway rangeto justify grammatical construction more runways, a third airport will still be needed. "Theyre still going to take hold to build another airport," Goff said. But those who hope plans for an airport near sylvan Peotone will be scrapped see the planas a call attention of hope. "Im very happy about that," said Jill Holzaepfel of Peotone, who said she hopes the planesand traffic puzzle close to the city. &quo tI chose to live(a) out here on the farmland," she said, adding that those who are impacted bymore noise and pollution at an expanding OHare chose to live near the airport. Some Peotone opponents propose expanding the airport in Gary, Ind., or building atanother site. The major(ip) airlines that serve OHare International Airport and city officials reached atentative agreement to move ahead with a $3.2 cardinal renovation at the worlds secondbusiest airport, a city spokeswoman said. Mayor Richard Daley has called the project the "World Gateway Program." It hasinvolved months of negotiations between the city and the two major carriers that serveOHare United Airlines and American Airlines. "Right now, we have an agreement in principle," Chicago Department of Aviationspokeswoman Monique Bond said Friday night. "We feel self-assured that were movingforward and we are pretty optimistic about the conclusiveness of the agreement." The renovation, which is ex pected to take eight years to complete, is expected to increasethe take of boarding gates by at least 25 percent. It is alike intended to increase thenumber of flights and make connections in and out of the airport smoother. "This is basically what we are doing to better use the existing facility with moreefficiency," Bond said. She said the redesign will help accommodate the airlines change magnitudeuse of larger planes, such as the Boeing 777. While Bond would not confirm the number of new gates involved, a report seem innext weeks Crains Chicago Business cites sources familiar with the negotiations saying