Officials: New DTW Runway Would Displace 3,500 People | Aero-News Network
Aero-News Network
RSS icon RSS feed
podcast icon MP3 podcast
Subscribe Aero-News e-mail Newsletter Subscribe

Airborne Unlimited -- Most Recent Daily Episodes

Episode Date

Airborne-Monday

Airborne-Tuesday

Airborne-Wednesday Airborne-Thursday

Airborne-Friday

Airborne On YouTube

Airborne-Unlimited-05.13.24

Airborne-NextGen-05.14.24

Airborne-Unlimited-05.15.24 Airborne-AffordableFlyers-05.16.24

Airborne-Unlimited-05.17.24

Tue, Feb 26, 2008

Officials: New DTW Runway Would Displace 3,500 People

Plan Calls For 15 Percent Of Romulus Residents To Move

Want to start the mother of all NIMBY battles? Tell a small suburb you want to displace 15 percent of the town's residents to expand the metro area's major airport.

That's the proposal in Romulus, MI... where USA Today reports Detroit Metropolitan Airport officials want to build a new 10,000 foot runway, and want 3,500 people to give up their homes to do it.

The board says its 20-year growth plan projects this year's 36 million passengers through the airport will grow to 60 million by 2027, and the runway is needed. In addition to the new runway, the plan calls for expansion of the existing McNamara and North terminals, and the building of a passenger monorail.

Not surprisingly, Romulus officials aren't keen on the idea.

"How many hits can we continue to absorb on behalf of the region and the airport? ... We don't have a choice, we have to get vocal," Romulus economic development director Tim Keyes told The Detroit News.

The Detroit area currently has an oversupply of unsold homes suppressing real estate prices. But it's probably about to experience a sudden shortage of posterboard.

FMI: www.metroairport.com, www.romulusgov.com/

Advertisement

More News

Classic Aero-TV: Remembering Bob Hoover

From 2023 (YouTube Version): Legacy of a Titan Robert (Bob) Anderson Hoover was a fighter pilot, test pilot, flight instructor, and air show superstar. More so, Bob Hoover was an i>[...]

ANN FAQ: Follow Us On Instagram!

Get The Latest in Aviation News NOW on Instagram Are you on Instagram yet? It's been around for a few years, quietly picking up traction mostly thanks to everybody's new obsession >[...]

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (05.15.24)

Aero Linx: B-52H Stratofortress The B-52H Stratofortress is a long-range, heavy bomber that can perform a variety of missions. The bomber is capable of flying at high subsonic spee>[...]

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (05.15.24):Altimeter Setting

Altimeter Setting The barometric pressure reading used to adjust a pressure altimeter for variations in existing atmospheric pressure or to the standard altimeter setting (29.92).>[...]

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (05.16.24)

"Knowing that we play an active part in bettering people's lives is extremely rewarding. My team and I are very thankful for the opportunity to be here and to help in any way we ca>[...]

blog comments powered by Disqus



Advertisement

Advertisement

Podcasts

Advertisement

© 2007 - 2024 Web Development & Design by Pauli Systems, LC