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Article: WhatAEs next for Elk Grove?(News)(Interview)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- April 25, 2009
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Byline: Eric Peterson epeterson@dailyherald.com
A day after announcing an end to Elk Grove VillageAEs fight with Chicago over expansion of OAEHare International Airport, Elk Grove Mayor Craig Johnson on Friday reflected upon what he saw as a modern David-and-Goliath story.
What finally brought resolution to the issue was the Illinois Department of TransportationAEs narrowing of its route options for a western bypass around OAEHare. The remaining options barely would affect the village.
Johnson sat down with the Daily Herald to discuss the years of costly legal wrangling. Here is an edited transcript of the interview. For a complete version, see ...