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Originally Posted by ZDogg
For the Airport Development I would imagine they would leave Barlow where it is and just build a bridge over Barlow to the other future runway (Or lower Barlow under a small tunnel). The airplanes would then Taxi over to that area... (its done in several larger American Cities such as Dallas and Houston).
The Airport Trail Tunnel (under the future runway) to Metis Trail will likely be where the CTrain crosses over and connects with the Airport. It only makes sense...  |
I know there was talk of dropping Barlow into a tunnel, but that was going to be costly. The Metis Trail interchange should be finished in early summer, and it appears to be a dual lane flyover from eastbound McKnight to Northbound Metis Trail so that will accomodate a lot of traffic.
The new C-Train station (Westwinds) and maintenance yards are under construction (tracks are 90% laid, they appear to be waiting for the flyover to finish so they can cross what is the current McKnight without fouling up traffic). The most recent plans are for the C-Train to go towards 80th then swing east to Saddleridge Circle, but I agree a swing into the Airport would make sense.
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Originally Posted by psicodude
I thought that the airport already owned all of that land. But to be honest, I haven't been in that area of the city in a good 5 years. Maybe they just ditch Barlow going to the airport altogether as Airport Tr. seems easier.
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The airport did/does, but they have allowed a bunch of development and were actually talking about a golf course wedged in there. I''d guess the runways in your map are still accurate, the the Barlow re-alignment doesn't seem to fit with what has been built in the last 3 years (a lot!)
Throwing this derailment back on the tracks, this shows Airport trail east swinging down to join the ring road. I wonder why they would do that?