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Originally Posted by Kerplunk
Ya, there are plenty of businesses on Barlow that use it to get to the airport, car rentals, vacation businesses and hotels. Access between 16th and McKnight is a pain if your coming off of Deerfoot, so that will increase their costs. Could really hurt the hotels...if you are going down Deerfoot anyway, why not find something closer to the core? The guys that own the new hotels at McKnight and Barlow must be pulling their hair out at this point.
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I sometimes think, that for some of those hotels, when McKnight is backed up, it'll be quicker to get from the Airport to Deerfoot Meadows or somewhere like that than to get to McKnight/Barlow. Keep in mind that McKnight/Barlow is pretty much on Airport land. The new Marriot Hotel being built there probably shares a property line with the Airport. When Barlow trail closes, it'll take 15 minutes or more to get there from the terminal.