|
|
 |
 |
|
Public Affairs coverage from our award-winning staff |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Daley Wants Stimulus Cash for Airports
Produced by Alex Keefe on Wednesday, August 05, 2009
|
|
Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is calling on the federal government to dole out stimulus money for airports.
The mayor told a room full of airport executives it seems like their industry was forgotten in the multi-billion dollar economic stimulus plan.
Daley was touting his massive expansion of O'Hare International Airport, which he says is creating much-needed jobs during the economic recession.
But he says the O'Hare Modernization Program could provide a bigger boost if the federal government would help fund it with stimulus cash.
The city had previously hoped to secure stimulus money to help pay for the estimated $15 billion O'Hare expansion.
Instead, it got just $12 million dollars for some runway improvements.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Don Baker, Elk Grove Village // Friday, August 14, 2009 @ 4:25 PM
O'Hare is land locked and the plan way over budget. To justify federal stimulous funds O'Hare funding must be considered as part of some overall stimulous not in a vacuum. Daley successfully made an end run around a regionall airport development plan in the past and this must be reviewed before sinking taxpayer money for another Daley boondoggle.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|