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Phoenix's Airport: Build New Or Expand?

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: Tom Collins
27 August 2001 - 7:00am

A proposed football stadium plan renews a decades-old debate about airport expansion in Phoenix.

"Over the years, Phoenix has quashed various attempts to build a new regional jetport south of the Valley and regularly rebuffs proposals to farm out some of Sky Harbor International Airport's traffic to other, smaller airfields.Instead, the city has embarked on a $1.2 billion expansion that will serve decades of new growth and force other cities and neighborhoods surrounding Sky Harbor to work around it."

Full Story: Can Sky Harbor fly solo in Valley's rapid growth?
Source: The Arizona Republic, August 26, 2001
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