Seen in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The top U.S. transportation official said Tuesday that metro Atlanta should consider a second airport, and she put up $1 million for the study.
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters, who traveled Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport to announce the grant, said that by 2025 airports in Atlanta, Chicago, Las Vegas and San Diego could be overwhelmed by passenger demand.
Even though ATL recently added a runway and is looking at an additional concourse, early projections are that Hartsfield could face overcrowding in a decade or so.
Of course, the way that Atlanta’s sprawl keeps expanding, I think it could be said that Atlanta already has a second airport. It’s called “Chattanooga”.