A plan to expand O'Hare International Airport has begun to look more promising, but

backers of a proposed airport near Peotone said last week they don't expect the plan to

change the debate over a third airport.

"It's still not going to add air capacity, and won't solve their long-range problem," said

Don Goff, chairman of the Third Airport Alliance.

"I don't see it as any setback," he said of the plan to build more terminals and gates.

Goff said that even if O'Hare expansion proponents later use the World Gateway project

to justify building more runways, a third airport will still be needed.

"They're still going to have to build another airport," Goff said.

But those who hope plans for an airport near rural Peotone will be scrapped see the plan

as a sign of hope.

"I'm very happy about that," said Jill Holzaepfel of Peotone, who said she hopes the planes

and traffic stay close to the city.

"I chose to live out here on the farmland," she said, adding that those......

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