 Stanley Berge, a professor at Northwestern University, first proposed a Peotone airport site on November 13, 1968.His main arguments for the proposed site were that it could have fast access to Chicago by rail and highway, that the site was far enough from O'Hare Airport to avoid interfering with flight patterns there, that it would have all-weather flight safety, and that the site was environmentally compatible with the surrounding area.Berge envisioned a high-speed train service to downtown Chicago.