Airport hits turbulence
WHEN is a boom bad for business? Ask the leaders of St. George, Utah, whose prosperous city had been planning to complete a new airport by 2008.
Their ambitions have been stalled by environmentalists, who warn that Zion National Park, fewer than 50 miles from town, could suffer with the noise from increased flights.
Though backers of the airport have completed one environmental study that forecasts minimal impact, the Arizona-based Grand Canyon Trust challenged the findings and asked a federal judge for further study. The Federal Aviation Administration expects to finish it in late 2005. Airport manager David Ulane says that sets back the airport’s completion to late 2010.
-- Christopher
Reynolds
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