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Friday, March 29
Paul Karas, administrator of the Gary airport, thinks Gary is the answer to Chicago’s airport congestion problem. Instead of spending $500 million and 10 years to build a third airport in Peotoneunder debate for more than a decade and still pending FAA approvalKaras believes a $90 million expansion is all it will take to make the Gary airport “Chicago’s third airport.”