No one is reporting this as anything other than the 9 gate expansion to T5, the rest is still vaporware. As a native, I never get too excited about the timeliness, cost estimates, or scope of local public works projects. I could be wrong and the press conference could be the grand unveiling, but all the articles now are speculative on the larger terminals.
The second part of what Emanuel wants to do is much bigger: The demolition and reconstruction of Terminal 2, at a cost of billions of dollars. But it's also murkier. Kilmer said construction details and funding "are still being discussed with our airline partners."
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