BURBANK : City Council Acts to Kill Airport Expansion Plans
Effectively killing the most recent proposal to expand Burbank Airport, the Burbank City Council voted to oppose a $109.8-million package to finance the acquisition of land for a larger terminal.
The council, on a 3-2 vote Tuesday night, stated that promised concessions from the board overseeing the airport were not enough to assure council members a greater say in how the terminal would be built.
The vote came as Burbank residents overwhelmingly elected retired aerospace worker Ted McConkey to the council Tuesday. McConkey made opposition to expansion a centerpiece of his campaign, based on concerns over increasing noise and traffic.
“It’s an abandoned deal. It’s a dead issue. The city of Burbank has effectively killed it,” said airport commissioner Robert W. Garcin of Glendale. “Right now, I don’t know of any other alternatives.”
Airport officials had hoped to build a new terminal nearly three times the present size, with enough space to accommodate 5.4 million passengers and up to 10 more flights a day over the current average of 93.
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