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Originally Posted by flamesaresmokin
The last thing I want is my tax dollars going to helping a bunch of owners who clearly only care about their own bottom line. Right now our focus should be on ... the airport tunnel. Not helping a private business make more money then it already does.
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The people who are complaining the most about the cancellation of the airport tunnel are the owners of the hotels on the south and east side of the airport (Port O'Call, Sandman, Sheraton, etc.) who will see their business drop without that easy access to the airport.
The tunnel, if built, will only benefit a very small percentage of Calgary's residents who will have a slightly shorter route to the airport and Deerfoot (with the tunnel, they'll be able to use Airport Trail to get to the Deerfoot; without it, they'll have to continue to use either Country Hills or McKnight).
I dare say that many more Calgarians would benefit from and make use of a new arena than will ever use the airport tunnel.