Wazzu to potentially lose 40 buildings to runway

whatshouldicareabout

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article87481027.html

The real question is, why stop at just 40?

whlinder

The airport is also sometimes used by Boeing 737 charter planes delivering college sports teams.

The larger planes have larger wingspans, which makes it impossible to use the existing runway and taxiway at the same time. That is a violation of FAA rules, and the airport is operating under an FAA waiver that allows operations to continue only while a solution is being pursued, Bean said.

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The new runway is expected to cost some $100 million, the vast majority paid by federal funds.

Sending WSU down to the WAC seems like a much cheaper solution.

dnc

whlinder said:

Sending WSU down to the WAC seems like a much cheaper solution.

If doogs really were coogs there would be protests going on at this grotesque waste of public money when this solution is simple and makes sense. There's be lobbyists and online petitions and flag waving parties and whatnot.

But doogs are just coogs who don't care as much, so meh.

sarktastic

If Payy MurrayCoug can't get WSU $100,000,000 in federal funds from Obama's DOT to rebuild WSU's campus... In the vision of the late great Elson Floyd... Why does Paul Allen keep her in Congress?

TierbsHsotBoobs

whlinder said:

The airport is also sometimes used by Boeing 737 charter planes delivering college sports teams.

The larger planes have larger wingspans, which makes it impossible to use the existing runway and taxiway at the same time. That is a violation of FAA rules, and the airport is operating under an FAA waiver that allows operations to continue only while a solution is being pursued, Bean said.

-snip-
The new runway is expected to cost some $100 million, the vast majority paid by federal funds.

Sending WSU and UW down to the WAC seems like a much cheaper solution.

Meek

so bulldozing the university so that a different university's players can play your university is the challenge... this feels like a sleight of hand trick.

Purple_Pills

What's wrong with Lewiston Airport? Only 35 miles away from Martin Stadium.

Fire_Marshall_Bill

Purple_Pills said:

What's wrong with Lewiston Airport? Only 35 miles away from Martin Stadium.

You have to ride through Lewiston and all the traffic lights, then that switchback road. ugh

TierbsHsotBoobs

Fire_Marshall_Bill said:

Purple_Pills said:

What's wrong with Lewiston Airport? Only 35 miles away from Martin Stadium.

You have to ride through Lewiston and all the traffic lights, then that switchback road. ugh

Lewiston to Pullman Commute Superiority Guy.

sarktastic

Purple_Pills said:

What's wrong with Lewiston Airport? Only 35 miles away from Martin Stadium.

If they expanded Lewiston instead, WSU wont get $100,000,000 in Federal transportation dollars to rebuild their campus

HuskyJW

100 acres? No fucking way they need near that much.

HuskyJW

Purple_Pills said:

What's wrong with Lewiston Airport? Only 35 miles away from Martin Stadium.

Nothing.

Make sure you go 2nd Saturday in February (half way between Moscow and Lewiston) and go to Genesee Crab Feed.

It's the Cat's Pajamas.

TierbsHsotBoobs

HuskyJW said:

100 acres? No fucking way they need near that much.

Disagree. Pullman has 2.5 black residents after all.

PurpleThrobber

HuskyJW said:

Purple_Pills said:

What's wrong with Lewiston Airport? Only 35 miles away from Martin Stadium.

Nothing.

Make sure you go 2nd Saturday in February (half way between Moscow and Lewiston) and go to Genesee Crab Feed.

It's the Cat's Pajamas.

Fuck Genesee

If you're not getting fucked up in Potlatch, you ain't shit.

unfrozencaveman

Pullman-Moscow Airport authorities will get nothing and like it, you don't destroy 40 buildings that we paid for as taxpayers
You fly those 737s into Larson Air Force Base (some of you might know it as Grant County International) in Moses Lake
Then you bus or ship those opposing teams via flatbed truck out to Pullman

Gladstone

WSU vs Cal was on replay today. I watched the final five minutes. WSU sacked Goff and forced a fumble on the Cal 10. Two WSU DL didn't notice the ball just sitting there and instead opted to dive at Goff's corpse. A Cal OL then recovered. Score: 28-34, Cal facing a 3rd and 36 on their own 10. WSU prime for a monster comeback win. Dykes calls standard 3rd-and-forever draw play. RB runs for 37 yards. Ballgame.

LOL

Gladstone

...and my laugh quickly dissipates into tears as I remember Cal rolling into Husky stadium and the UW offense begging them to win the game, which they eventually do. Fuck my life.

CokeGreaterThanPepsi

Gladstone said:

WSU vs Cal was on replay today. I watched the final five minutes. WSU sacked Goff and forced a fumble on the Cal 10. Two WSU DL didn't notice the ball just sitting there and instead opted to dive at Goff's corpse. A Cal OL then recovered. Score: 28-34, Cal facing a 3rd and 36 on their own 10. WSU prime for a monster comeback win. Dykes calls standard 3rd-and-forever draw play. RB runs for 37 yards. Ballgame.

LOL

I totally forgot about that play.

sarktastic

so... your saying... WSU was one choke play vs. Cal and one 'stunning upset' from Portland State away from being an 11 win team last year?

... and people want to claim the Pac-12 north is tuff?

HuskyJW

PurpleThrobber said:

HuskyJW said:

Purple_Pills said:

What's wrong with Lewiston Airport? Only 35 miles away from Martin Stadium.

Nothing.

Make sure you go 2nd Saturday in February (half way between Moscow and Lewiston) and go to Genesee Crab Feed.

It's the Cat's Pajamas.

Fuck Genesee

If you're not getting fucked up in Potlatch, you ain't shit.

You need to get a map.

PurpleThrobber

HuskyJW said:

PurpleThrobber said:

HuskyJW said:

Purple_Pills said:

What's wrong with Lewiston Airport? Only 35 miles away from Martin Stadium.

Nothing.

Make sure you go 2nd Saturday in February (half way between Moscow and Lewiston) and go to Genesee Crab Feed.

It's the Cat's Pajamas.

Fuck Genesee

If you're not getting fucked up in Potlatch, you ain't shit.

You need to get a map.

Ivy League run > Bolville run.

Do not make me go all Kendrick on you.