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Wazzu to potentially lose 40 buildings to runway

whatshouldicareabout
whatshouldicareabout Member Posts: 13,014
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http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article87481027.html

The real question is, why stop at just 40?
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  • whlinder
    whlinder Member Posts: 5,380
    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 down to the WAC seems like a much cheaper solution.

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  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,855
    edited July 2016
    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.
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  • sarktastic
    sarktastic Member Posts: 9,208
    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?
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  • TierbsHsotBoobs
    TierbsHsotBoobs Member Posts: 39,680
    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.



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  • Meek
    Meek Member Posts: 7,031
    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.
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  • Purple_Pills
    Purple_Pills Member Posts: 2,110
    What's wrong with Lewiston Airport? Only 35 miles away from Martin Stadium.
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  • Fire_Marshall_Bill
    Fire_Marshall_Bill Member Posts: 26,096 Standard Supporter
    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
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  • sarktastic
    sarktastic Member Posts: 9,208
    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
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  • HuskyJW
    HuskyJW Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 15,424 Founders Club
    100 acres? No fucking way they need near that much.
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