evidentiary appendix in support of plaintiffs' partial motion for ...

2020, the airlines may find it necessary to reroute between
five and nine million enplanements annually out of Chicago
due to insufficient capacity. However, as in Scenario 1,
these unserved connecting passengers would be re-routed
through other existing airports rather than through a poorly
located and inconveniently located. 258
Examine the three alternative scenarios. With even one or two runways O’Hare would
not have the capacity to meet the region’s needs. Further note that Chicago would consider a
new airport.
To preserve the potential long-range need to serve additional
unconstrained region demand, the City would consider a Midway
replacement facility, if necessary, in an accessible, operationally
and financially viable location.
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This option provides the basis to remove from consideration the
construction of Peotone, which, if constructed, would drain
infrastructure investment funds from Chicago projects. 259
3. March 27, 1995. Jeff Thomas writes a second paper called “Chicago Aviation At a
Critical Juncture” — says demand will exceed O’Hare existing runway capacity in
2003-2004 time frame “without new runway construction”; says the current
constraining elements on O’Hare growth are runway and access road capacity.
On March 27, 1995, Jeff Thomas wrote another paper called “Chicago Aviation At a
Critical Juncture” stating:
Pending near-term decisions concerning the future governance
structure and future configuration of the Region's commercial
airport system will largely determine the long-term role Chicago
will play in the rapidly evolving global air transportation system.
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Viewed 30 years hence, actions taken today will likely be seen as a
watershed point having one of two distinctly different end
outcomes:
• Chicago's civic leaders can select a course which continues to
leverage to the fullest extent possible our 50-year position as
the pre-eminent mid-continent U.S. air transportation superhub.
By aggressively improving O'Hare's airfield system
and Midway's terminal facilities today, Chicago can
258 Id. (emphasis added).
259 Exhibit C 155.
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