Board members voted in favor of the resolution to approve the memorandum, an early hurdle for the $186M runway project, which has faced fierce pushback from environmentalists who label the move a “gross example of drastically misplaced priorities.”
Runway 5/23, left, at Waukegan National Airport on Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, in Waukegan. The airport wants to build a longer runway parallel to Runway 5/23. In order to do so, they would need 52 acres of savanna that belongs to the Lake County Forest Preserve District. Part of the savanna is pictured at the bottom of the photo. Some neighbors and environmentalists and are worried about the proposal because of the removal of trees and wetlands.
In his presentation before the public comments, Kovach recommended that the board approve the memorandum. He said a state project to widen Green Bay Road — and add bicycle and pedestrian accommodations from Sunset Avenue to Russell Road at the state line — has been “postponed and/or delayed at least due to the uncertainty about the plans for the airport expansion.”
“ 7,000-foot is not a safety requirement,” Ower said. “Not only do the residents of the surrounding areas lose 53 acres of public lands, it’s an underserved area. If you look at the map, that far northeastern corner doesn’t have a lot of forest preserves.”Midwest Sustainability Group executive director Barbara Klipp compared entering the agreement to, “putting an offer on a house you’ve never seen in order to get more information so you can negotiate.
He said there is “absolutely no need, nor any market” for cargo or commercial passenger operations at the Waukegan National Airport because of an abundance of air travel capacity in the region, and an unwillingness from private companies to invest in infrastructure needed for operational expansion.Goss said that, “it is true that other airports operate on shorter runways. However, aircraft operators there must reduce their carrying capacity to operate safely.
As the meeting stretched well into its third hour, District 3 member Ann Maine, R-Lincolnshire, and District 9 member Mary Ross Cunningham, D-Waukegan, were among a handful of board members to indicate they were still undecided, though they ultimately cast their votes with the majority.
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