I would like to have seen the traffic study on barlow north of mcknight that showed exactly how much traffic was actualy going into the airport vs. traffic using barlow as a way to avoid deerfoot.CALGARY - After delays, rejections and the undaunted advocacy of Mayor Naheed Nenshi, council has approved $295 million to construct a tunnel beneath the new airport runway.
The decision exacts a bruising toll on city coffers and signals that nearby businesses and the tunnel’s users should help recoup that money.
The mayor has for years before his election touted the Airport Trail extension as a vital northeast link both for the airport and crosstown traffic. He strove to win the support of colleagues by arguing that the cost of building alternate routes or delaying the project would be even more costly in the long run
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Also they're talking about a toll road too. yeah, right, the people I know who live in the NE and would pay a toll to go to the airport is zero considering they will be able to access it from the north end (with the completion of metis trail connecting from 80th to stoney) for an additional few minutes of travel time.
I don't believe this runs an LRT line to the airport either.