I head east on McKnight, exit onto Metis Trial and drive north. Next, I drive the same route, but turn at Barlow and McKnight, because Barlow north of this intersection will close permanently in April.
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I drive north on Barlow, and arrive at the airport eight minutes later, hitting just one traffic stop at McKnight, where I waited a full three minutes for the light to change. at the Sheraton Cavalier, on 32nd Avenue NE and Barlow. My tour began on airport row, at 10:52 a.m. Tunnel or no tunnel, I see a traffic nightmare waiting in the wings. The new runway, at 4,270 metres, will be able to service most freight craft, transforming Calgary into a transportation hub. Freight capacity will increase to such an extent, CN Rail is investing in a massive handling yard, east of the airport.
The question is: Can Deerfoot handle the extra and expanding volume, flowing from what already is Canada’s third-busiest airport? The Calgary Airport Authority expects passenger traffic to more than double with the fourth runway, from 12.2 million passengers in 2009 to more than 27 million passengers by 2025. Once it closes, the only permanent entrance will be Airport Trail accessed mostly off of the Deerfoot. A new runway will be built on that bit of Barlow, which now leads to the airport from the southeast. As someone who gets frustrated by Calgary’s traffic planning, I decided to get behind the wheel, put on my visionary-coloured sunglasses, and imagine for myself, what might happen once Barlow Trail closes, north of McKnight Blvd. Is it tunnel vision, leading to decades of future gridlock in the city’s developing northeast or, a $500-million shortcut to the airport, for a tiny minority, courtesy of all taxpayers? The answer to this divisive question depends on whom one asks. My solution to the airport tunnel conundrum Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
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