Phoenix's Airport: Build New Or Expand?

A proposed football stadium plan renews a decades-old debate about airport expansion in Phoenix.

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August 27, 2001, 7:00 AM PDT

"Over the years, Phoenix has quashed various attempts to build a new regional jetport south of the Valley and regularly rebuffs proposals to farm out some of Sky Harbor International Airport's traffic to other, smaller airfields.Instead, the city has embarked on a $1.2 billion expansion that will serve decades of new growth and force other cities and neighborhoods surrounding Sky Harbor to work around it."

Thanks to Tom Collins

FULL STORY: Can Sky Harbor fly solo in Valley's rapid growth?

Sunday, August 26, 2001 in The Arizona Republic

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