MIA Construction Update
May 15, 2008, 8:05 am
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MIA Construction Update
Why there hasn't been an investigation about this is beyond me:
http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/533752.html
http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/533752.html
May 15, 2008, 9:21 am
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The contracts add to the escalation in construction expenses at MIA: The projected cost of the overall airport improvement program has risen by nearly $1 billion in late 2006 to $6.2 billion. Costs for the North Terminal alone soared from $975 million at the plan's rollout in 1995 to $2.853 billion today. Pushed back again and again, its completion is now set for June 2011.
As a result, the per-passenger fees MIA charges to airlines -- which Abreu had hoped would hover in the low $30s by 2015 -- could rise to about $34 in 2015, from the current $17.39.
May 15, 2008, 10:46 am
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There are no investigations in this citystatecounty joke, the only way there is ever an investigation is if the feds have to forcibly by court order take over some corrupt division of the government.
May 15, 2008, 10:55 am
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Breaking news!! breaking news!!:
Investigation into MIA to be started just as soon as the one regarding GWB
on the massive cost overruns on airport security, the super duper Great War on Terror and the Iraq War of Liberation is over
mike
Investigation into MIA to be started just as soon as the one regarding GWB
on the massive cost overruns on airport security, the super duper Great War on Terror and the Iraq War of Liberation is over
mike
May 15, 2008, 11:03 am
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yes that too. We just need to give all government 90% budget cuts and then we'd be in great shape, and make them stick to budget.
May 15, 2008, 1:59 pm
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There is soooo much blame to go around here but it devloves to two main culprits:
First, AA does not have clean hands in the mess that is MIA construction and reconstruction. Read up on this nasty chapter in the Herald's archives. Second, the Miami-Dade County Commission needs to create an INDEPENDENT airport authority as has been called for by activists and fed up residents for years. It would be great to see the commissioners stop treating MIA as their personal piggy bank. Angela Gittens, where are you now?
First, AA does not have clean hands in the mess that is MIA construction and reconstruction. Read up on this nasty chapter in the Herald's archives. Second, the Miami-Dade County Commission needs to create an INDEPENDENT airport authority as has been called for by activists and fed up residents for years. It would be great to see the commissioners stop treating MIA as their personal piggy bank. Angela Gittens, where are you now?
May 15, 2008, 3:02 pm
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Angela probably has a swiss bank account.
No I mean for REAL, She moved to Switzerland
She's in a VERY prestigious role with ACI, good for her!
This mess isn't her deal, it's MIA for crying out loud. "nuff said.
