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solely for “delay reduction” are the identical new and relocated runways shown in the 1975-1995
Master Plan as the “unconstrained” alternative which would increase capacity at the airport by
several hundred thousand flights and which were publicly rejected because of the “undesirable
environmental effects of expanding O’Hare to meet the unconstrained aircraft demands.” 42
Further, the new runways and reconfigured runways recommended by the “Delay Task Force”
solely for “delay reduction” are the very same new and relocated runways which Landrum &
Brown recommended in its 1987 secret report (The Chicago Aviation Facilities Development
Challenge) as the ultimate buildout of O’Hare to increase capacity from 920,000 operations to
“in excess of” 1,100,000 operations. 43
VI. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MASTER PLAN UPDATE AND O’HARE
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM II (ODP-II).
As noted above, as early as 1987, Chicago’s principal consultant was calling for
preparation of a “Master Plan Update” which would spell out the “ultimate” “unconstrained
development” of O’Hare — including at least two new runways. The next step in this
chronology deals with the developments in the period from 1989 to 1992 to begin the Master
Plan Update recommended by Landrum & Brown in their 1987 secret strategy paper and to
develop the implementation program for that new Master Plan — called O’Hare Development
Program II (or “ODP-II”).
A. Chicago’s “Surprise” New Airport Proposal — Building Capacity To Handle Future
Growth At Lake Calumet
There were some fits and starts and delays in the timing and direction of this Master Plan
Update Process, but Chicago basically followed the exact game plan recommended by Landrum
& Brown in its 1987 strategy paper. The principal factor influencing the timing and direction of
the Master Plan Update was the public announcement by Mayor Daley in 1990 of a new
the ACE program, virtually all — with one notable exception — are clearly and candidly titled. See Exhibit C 260.
42 Exhibit C 7 at p. II.3-2 (emphasis added).
43 Exhibit C 8.
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