Local officials in the south suburbs are renewing efforts to get a regional airport to take flight. The idea for a third Chicago area airport has been floated for decades, and not lightly — Illinois has spent close to $100 million to buy land.
“I’m wearing a lapel pin that says Airport 2000. This was an initiative 30 years ago. We’ve waited long enough,” state Sen. Patrick Joyce, D-Essex, said Monday at a media conference hosted by advocates working to land the metaphorical plane.
He also said he wanted to be sure that cargo carriers would use the airport before he could fully get behind the concept. While much has changed in the 20 years since the Environmental Law and Policy Center’s deputy director Kevin Brubaker began fighting a south suburban airport, there’s been one constant: It’s a solution in search of a problem, he said.
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