http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?post_date=2005-10-25&id=18264Oct. 25, 2005 Court allows O'Hare construction to resume(AP) — Work on a massive expansion of O'Hare International Airport canresume over the objections of opponents, a federal appeals court ruledTuesday. The city of Chicago won approval from the Federal AviationAdministration Sept. 30 for a nearly $15 billion project to addrunways and reconfigure others in an effort to reduce flight delays.But the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington ordered a halt toconstruction the same day to allow time to consider objections fromexpansion foes. The court's ruling Tuesday allows construction to continue while itconsiders the opponents' request to block the project. Had the courtallowed the construction freeze to remain in place during its review,the project likely would have been pushed back several months. The Chicago suburbs of Bensenville and Elk Grove Village and a churchthat owns a cemetery in the path of the expansion are among theopponents asking the court to block the FAA's decision to allow theO'Hare project. The 440-acre expansion would require that the city purchase and raze2,600 homes and 200 businesses and relocate 1,300 tombs. "We are going to be pursuing legal remedies in every form we can toaccelerate the appellate process," said Joe Karaganis, an attorney forthe expansion opponents. A spokesman for the O'Hare expansion plan did not return a phonemessage left Tuesday at his office. A spokeswoman for Mayor RichardDaley also did not return a call for comment http://www.kwqc.com/Global/story.asp?S=4027884&nav=7k7NJ1IJAP CHICAGO A federal appeals court ruled today that work on amassive expansion of O'Hare International Airport can resume over theobjections of opponents. The city won approval from the Federal Aviation AdministrationSeptember 30th for a nearly 15 (b) billion dollar project to addrunways and reconfigure others in an effort to reduce flight delays. But the U-S Court of Appeals in Washington ordered a halt toconstruction that same day to allow time to consider objections fromexpansion foes. The court's ruling today allows construction to continue while itconsiders the opponents' request to block the project. The Chicago suburbs of Bensenville and Elk Grove Village and a churchare among the opponents asking the court to block the F-A-A's decisionto allow the O'Hare project.