This is what passes for shock and awe in the northwest suburbs: extending the Elgin-O’Hare Expressway, which currently goes to neither Elgin nor O’Hare, towards, well, Elgin and O’Hare:

The plan involves extending the Elgin-O’Hare Expressway from the west to the airport and linking it with the Northwest and Tri-State Tollways…
“We have found, for the first time, the smoking gun the city [Chicago] has been hiding and IDOT has been hiding,” said Elk Grove Village Mayor Craig Johnson.