City proposes key change to O’Hare airport rebuild, after months of negotiations with airlines

The city wants to accelerate completion of the Global Terminal. Initially, the plan was to build two satellite concourses first.

A person walks through Terminal 2 at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on April 30, 2020. After months of negotiations with airlines over the massive, delayed rebuild of O’Hare International Airport, city officials are proposing a path forward with a key change.

But costs, largely financed by city bonds backed by airline fees, ballooned, and the project fell significantly behind schedule. Ald. Matt O’Shea, 19th, chair of the City Council’s Aviation Committee, praised the revised phasing plan as “great news.” “I think we move forward,” he said. “Everyone wanted a Cadillac fully loaded. And it’s not going to be that, but we’re going to modernize it, we’re going to allow for growth and we’re going to stay competitive.”

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