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August 31, 2005
New Atlanta Airport?
Today's Wall Street Journal had a very interesting article ($ub reqd) about how difficult it has been for Atlanta to build a 5th runway in it's airport.
What really interested me was something I read at the end of the story. The airport estimates that traffic demands will require 6 runway capacity in the next 15 years, yet it is almost impossible to build the 6th runway at the airport. And here's what I found out in the article that I didn't know -- Atlanta owns 2 10,000 acre tracts, one in Dawson County and one in Paulding County.
Do the people in Dawson and Paulding know that? I would guess I-20 could handle the capacity in Paudling, but can an already strained Ga 400 handle a new airport in Dawsonville?
Posted by Chris at August 31, 2005 07:01 PM
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Dude,
Here's a secret - they already have plans and guv'ment approval to build the 6th runway. It was a part of the deal when they sought approval for the 5th runway. Not lying to ya. They also own a lot of land in a lot of other places.
Posted by: Smitty at August 31, 2005 08:10 PM
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