Posted by Monique Garcia at 12:14 p.m.
The expansion of O’Hare International Airport got a $410 million boost today as federal officials announced money to help build three runways.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, a former Republican congressman from Peoria, joined Mayor Richard Daley, Gov. Pat Quinn and U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin at the airport to discuss the federal windfall.
The airport expansion has been running low on money because the major airlines at O’Hare are not on board with paying for the second phase.