Posted Jul 31, 2010, 5:29 AM
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Location: Edmonton
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Whether the land remains developed, undeveloped, or a field for Edmonton's largest Wal-Mart, closing it provides far more positives than keeping it open. Never mind the fact that runways need to be repaved (to the tune of $38 million) and the airport owes the Edmonton International Airport $5 million.
This airport is an albatross for so many reasons.
Even if that land never gets used after closure, closing that airport (which is a completely redundant facility) will allow the following things:
- Realignment of the Trans-Canada Yellowhead so that proper interchanges can be constructed in place of the intersections where it passes near the airport lands
- Lift the height restrictions on Edmonton's downtown
- provide a convenient ROW for the Northwest LRT route to St. Albert
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