Facts

Homes eligible for inclusion in the Residential Sound Insulation Program must be located with the O’Hare Modernization Program Full Build-Out Noise Contour.

O’Hare Residential
Sound Insulation Program

Summary 1993 to 2010

O’Hare Residential Sound Insulation
Yearly Status

As of August 2010

2008 Program Year—(1,000 homes) Construction completed on half the homes in Bensenville, Cook County, Des Plaines, Norwood Park Township, Park Ridge and Wood Dale.  Construction continues and is scheduled for completion in February 2011 for remaining homes in Chicago and Schiller Park.

2009 Program Year—(1,000 homes) Planning is complete and design work is underway.  Preparing construction bid documents for early 2011 for homes in Chicago, Park Ridge and Schiller Park. 

2010 Program Year—(1,000 homes)  Planning is complete.  Homeowner briefings are currently scheduled for July 2011 as outlined in a Chicago Department of Aviation letter sent to eligible homeowners in the summer of 2010.  Quarterly status letters also will be sent to homeowners and elected officials included in the 2010 program year—Bensenville, Chicago and Rosemont.

Remaining Homes—The balance of eligible homes will be sound insulated prior to the completion of the O’Hare Modernization Program Full Build-Out currently scheduled for December 2014.  These homes are located in Bensenville, Chicago, Park Ridge, Schiller Park and Wood Dale. 

Each year ONCC identifies communities and the breakdown of single- and multi-family homes in a formal resolution.  Once homeowner briefings are held, homes are sound insulated on a first-come, first served basis. 

Cotter Consulting, Inc., provides program and construction management services for the Residential Sound Insulation Program.

RSIP Home Allocation by Community 1993-2010