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Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed
McCall Way cannot be made into an airport terminal access because there isn't any room for a public road between the runway and the terminal expansion that is also going ahead.
And again, there will also be a public tunnel on McCall way, to go under a new taxiway. This is being paid for by the airport.
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Thanks for the update. I had a feeling that there was a space issue for a Barlow/McCall tunnel to the terminal.
Does anyone know when the 11 St extension around the runway is going to be done? I'd kill to get that done ASAP. Last I saw it had been graded, but they closed down any access to the gravel road so I don't know what the progress is. According to the city it was supposed to be completed in 2010. Opening that single road will make my life so much easier when driving to the airport at rush hour... it removes the need for me to touch Deerfoot when accessing the airport.
I did read the entire thread during the debate and people had managed to convince me that far S and close SE commuters might be able to use the tunnel. I didn't know that CHB was limited in the widening it could have -- I was using Barlow's old alignment as the argument since it wasn't as wide, but had forgotten that the ring road might help people trying to access the far NW and airport.
ETA: incidentally I also took the new "route 100" bus to the airport recently. It didn't really take that much longer from Westwinds than the 57 did from Whitehorn. It just seemed like it because it goes so far out on CHB. I saw in the newspaper that CT is planning an express route to downtown, which would probably kill the shuttle that runs now (err Allied?). I think it's a great idea - who in their right mind would take public transit now to the airport unless you work there, given that it takes a good 45 minutes from downtown, let alone anywhere else in the city? Will the new express bus have luggage capabilities (like the rental car shuttles at some airports?). This was discussed earlier in the thread as well, but not in the context of the proposed new express to downtown.