Articles filed under Transportation
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Illiana Expressway rejected by planners, but can they be overruled?Oct 08, 2014 1:01 am - The fate of the Illiana Expressway, which has been strongly pushed by Gov. Pat Quinn as a job machine but was characterized by critics as an expensive boondoggle, could ...
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Why aren't O'Hare and Midway back to normal after sabotage?Oct 06, 2014 5:30 am - It's been 10 days since the "radar scopes went dark at Chicago Center," and the one-two punch of delays and cancellations has taken its toll at O'Hare and Midway Interna...
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Significant delays again at O'Hare and MidwayOct 06, 2014 1:01 am - Some flights arriving into O'Hare International Airport from Canada and the Midwest experienced delays averaging one hour, 36 minutes Monday afternoon because of phone p...
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O'Hare noise complaints in August more than 10 times last year'sOct 04, 2014 1:01 am - Residents affected by O'Hare International Airport jet noise are still taking to the phones in big numbers to complain, the latest data from the Chicago Department of Av...
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Butterfield Road crossing work:Oct 04, 2014 1:01 am - Butterfield Road will close at 6 a.m. Monday, Oct. 6, at the railroad crossing just south of Route 60 in Mundelein for a repair project. Canadian National Railway plans ...
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Wheeling airport spending $6.3 million on runway safetyOct 03, 2014 1:01 am - The Chicago Executive Airport will use a recently-announced $6.3 million grant to complete safety-related improvements on its main runway. The mostly federal funds - adm...
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Lawmakers pledge to work with FAA after tour in AuroraOct 03, 2014 1:00 am - Lawmakers critical of FAA Administrator Michael Huerta after sabotage at the Chicago Center air traffic control center in Aurora caused an aviation meltdown left a meeti...
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Editorial: Kill the Illiana, this time for goodOct 02, 2014 11:00 pm - A year after the proposed Illiana Expressway should have been declared dead on arrival, it somehow will make it back before the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning ...
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Airports like O'Hare a focus point in Ebola battleOct 02, 2014 5:00 am - In the wake of news that a man infected with the Ebola virus traveled from West Africa to Dallas late last month, it's hard not to consider the possibility that somethin...
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Planes carrying Ebola patient were later in ChicagoOct 02, 2014 1:01 am - The planes that carried a passenger later diagnosed with Ebola were in Chicago days after dropping him off, according to a report by ABC 7's Chuck Goudie. On his way b...