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Originally Posted by denizen467
Also, is the consolidated car rental facility project in limbo or something?
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The city had to get the rental agencies (and City Council) to agree to a new $8 fee. Having accomplished that, last September they gave the
go-ahead for design to begin, and that process should take 9 months maximum.
My guess is that TranSystems (the chosen designers) will price out the CONRAC with and without an extension to the ATS system. The ATS extension might make the project more costly than the funds available from the $8 fee, so the extension would either need to be postponed or the fee raised. On the other hand, the ATS extension would allow (finally) for a direct connection to Metra and possibly Amtrak at the nation's second-busiest airport, so it might be a good candidate for a Federal grant.