Demolition of 600 properties in path of new O’Hare airport runway could be imminent.
Bensenville officials have reached a tentative agreement with Chicago that could lead to the demolition of more than 600 buildings in the path of a new O’Hare International Airport runway.
Mary Dickson, a village attorney, told DuPage County Judge Kenneth Popejoy today that the village board met in executive session Tuesday and approved a settlement with Chicago that could be finalized within the next week.
Attorneys on both sides of the case declined to make terms of the agreement public until it is finalized.
Popejoy, following a week-long hearing in 2008, declared the planned demolitions constitutional and legal, but in January the 2nd District Appellate Court remanded the issue for more clarification on the potential environmental impact of the demolition.
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