Runway Projects Move Forward Despite Airline Industry Woes.

From: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) (viaKnight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) | Date: August 27, 2002 | Copyright information

Byline: Scott Wyman

Aug. 27--From Atlanta to St. Louis to Seattle, airports across the nation are pressing ahead with costly runway projects -- like the one proposed in Fort Lauderdale -- despite the economic downturn and troubles facing the airline industry.

Opponents of a second major runway at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International have argued that the project should be halted and restudied because the projections of more and more air travel were drawn up long before last year's terrorist attacks and the ensuing airline problems. They charge the data is now flawed and ...

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