Nation IN BRIEF : ILLINOIS : Daley Proposes New Airport for Chicago
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Mayor Richard M. Daley proposed building a $4.9-billion, 9,400-acre airport in the Lake Calumet area on Chicago’s Southeast Side, to be operational by 2010. The site includes hazardous waste areas and about 5,500 residences. Rep. Henry J. Hyde (R-Ill.), who prefers to expand O’Hare International Airport, criticized Daley’s cost figures as too low. State and federal officials and residents of the area around O’Hare have been promoting the idea of a new Chicago airport to relieve congestion at O’Hare. U.S. Transportation Secretary Samuel K. Skinner endorsed the Daley plan.
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