Plans submitted for 3rd Chicago airport
Gadling has a nice little roundup of news on the Chicago area’s next airport (40 years in the planning), currently slated for the south suburbs in Will County. Gadling’s take: “As far as location, Will County is a pretty far hike from the city center. If you remember your El cartography, O’hare and Midway are both positioned on the blue and orange lines respectively, making transfers from the city out to the airports relatively painless. The South Suburban would be even farther away than the Gary Airport (in Indiana), so you would have to budget more time and effort to get out there. It’s kind of like the Dulles of Washington DC.” According to an Associated Press report, Illinois Department of Transportation officials predict that the airport will create about 2,000 jobs in the first year of operation, growing to 9,700 jobs by year five.
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