-----Original Message----- From: ken bradley We would have a 30% decrease in air freight traffic using those numbers. I think most Minneapolis residents would be happy with 30% reduction. Air freight traffic will increase significantly either in Minneapolis or St. Cloud/Rochester. The city needs to be proactive to help create a longterm solution to this problem.
[Terrell] Probably not. The only traffic that would be diverted is that which is solely freight. In theory all of it could go away. As a percentage of total traffic at MSP its likely a single digit number. MOST Minneapolis residents don't care. No one north of Lake Street and in some areas north of Crosstown is affected by airport noise. Many of those not affected think that the problems of those who are affected have been solved by the remodeling MAC has paid for as part of their noise mitigation program. They see the tens of thousands of dollars per house and $100 million plus spent as a solution. Those that do care are very vocal. The Mayor began his political career in Minneapolis as one of these noise activists and spoke of it often during his campaign. Remember when he was telling us that he was going to appoint himself as the Minneapolis representative on the Metropolitan Airports Commission? Apparently that's still on his "to-do" list. He has also surrounded himself in his office with a bunch of other noise activists who seem blinded when looking at the entire picture. 2 or 3 years ago, I finally figured out that we need a new airport. It doesn't make sense to keep dumping money into the current airport when we know it will reach capacity and not have any plans for its replacement. What you can't do is make a convincing argument for a new airport solely on the basis of noise. It is a very long term project. If we were to decide to build a new airport today, it would be at least 2010 before the place was ready and open for business. Terrell Brown Loring Park terrell at terrellbrown dot org _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
