People using Chicago's O'Hare International Airport are a step closer to finding a new terminal on their boarding passes -- as work formally begins on the airport's latest project.
For most of us, the airport is a temporary place to be while we're waiting to go somewhere else.
But O'Hare is a permanent part of Chicago's economic picture: 54,000 people work there, more than the population of Elmhurst.
So any new development is a big deal ... and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson says the new Concourse "D" will bring more jobs to people who need them.
"We are generating more than 3,800 construction jobs, which creates a ripple effect across Chicago's entire community" Mayor Johnson said before Monday's ceremonial groundbreaking.
When it's finished in late 2028, passengers will walk through a skybridge from the existing Concourse "C" to one of 19 new gates that can be set up for everything from smaller to widebody jets.
It's part of a plan to replace what's now known as Terminal Two, parts of which date back to the 1960s.
A skybridge will connect the existing Concourse "C" to the new Concourse "D."Provided by SOM/Norviska
