Johnson wants to change the sequencing of construction on the long-awaited Global Terminal and two new satellite concourses.
Sen. Dick Durbin speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony for improvements to Terminal 3 at O’Hare International Airport, April 22, 2024. Mayor Brandon Johnson’s plan to tweak the massive, delayed rebuild of O’Hare International Airport got a major vote of confidence Monday from Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth.
His remarks capped a sea-change in his stance on Johnson’s proposal to prioritize the Global Terminal at the center of the $8.5 billion overhaul United Airlines and American Airlines agreed to in 2018., Durbin offered a quick rebuke by publicly calling on U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg to convene Johnson, Illinois’ congressional delegation and the airlines for a meeting.
Later, Duckworth added her own note of faith in the project and backed up her staunch belief that it must significantly raise O’Hare’s gate capacity. The airport’s long-running, multi-project rebuild will ultimately total $18 billion, she said. “The city did a really good job of rolling up its sleeves and coming up with a proposal that will continue to allow the airlines access to gates, but at the same time expand the additional gates that we need to be the airport of the future,” she said.
The show of unity Monday came as Johnson, Durbin and Duckworth joined other leaders to announce yet another O’Hare project. Officials used gold shovels to toss dirt on the floor of Terminal 3, where a $300 million redevelopment will upgrade security screening, baggage claim and gate hold space. They lauded the effort as a product of President Joe Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure law. The federal government awarded $90 million in two grants for the project.
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