"Double-runway option for Lindbergh Field is eliminated"

Tuesday, October 4, 2005

It's unanimous: Airport panel drops 2nd-runway idea 
The San Diego (CA) Union Tribune


SAN DIEGO - A proposal to build a second, parallel runway as part of an
expansion of Lindbergh Field was unanimously dropped Monday by the San Diego
County Regional Airport Authority board. 

The proposal, known as "San Diego International Airport Concept 6,"
generated considerable opposition from Point Loma residents. 
 
The plan violated three major criteria used by the airport authority to
judge potential airport sites, officials said. 

The parallel runway plan faced terrain obstructions, would have displaced
18,800 residents and increased noise for 31,700 others, according to an
Airport Authority statement. 

The authority is examining a list of nine prospective sites for a future
airport. 

Even without a second runway, an expanded Lindbergh Field remains on the
list. Sites in Campo and the Imperial Valley also are being studied. 

Five military sites will be given a closer look when the federal
government's base closure process is completed later this year.

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