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Old May 11, 2020 | 9:08 am
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Originally Posted by lo2e
This article sheds a little bit of light I think: https://airportimprovement.com/artic...s-one-facility



So I'm wondering if they might at least need to close off the far southern part of G some time in the future? Not sure... they've already moved the cell phone lot from that area and I bet the auto pound will be moving if it hasn't already.
That article seems a little dubious. The path of runway 9R/27L goes right over over the former rental car lots but the extension is on the west side. The new 9C/27C extends no further east than 9R/27L ever did but I can see why that would require the closing of the cell phone lot. Now maybe they wanted to extend the safety zone eastward into the former rental car lots and that could account for Lot E closing as well. OTOH, the ATS goes right through the middle of Lot E. Of course at the rate that project is going, it may never be an issue.
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