Edmonton Municipal under threat of closure

[wifesaysno]

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Ed ... 405-1.html

Sadly this is not out of the ordinary.
And people wonder why I say GA is always being threatened...that would be because its consistently being pushed aside case in point ^^^

[Flying Trucker]

Good for the Flying Club...we are all behind it...

They want to close Buttonville, Ontario also to build Condos, politicians are a useless bunch at times...

[Bass]

"politicians"

That virus has spread over here too.....
(Dont tell Fozzer )

[SaultFresh]

I wouldn't hold your breath quite yet There's no way they can close down a busy airport and build up houses in a year. As Doug pointed out, look at Buttonville (CYKZ). When I was still at student way up in Sault Ste. Marie, I had heard mention of Buttonville closing within 3-5 years. Well, that was just over 3 years ago now and I can say with almost certainty that it will not be closed within the next year or two. Airports are volatile wastelands when it comes to the environment. There's old forgotten fuel tanks, improper procedures that were once practiced, not to mention the years of fuel being dumped after testing it during the walk around.
I remember some environment group doing soil testing at Buttonville, and they came across this old fuel tank in the ground that everyone had forgotten about. It's partially underneath part of one of the hangars, maybe 50 feet away from the flight school. Well, the people that could remember a time when it was used, thought that it had been completely emptied, and then filled with sand. In reality, there was more than 1000 gallons of fuel still in there, seeping through this forgotten fuel tank's cracks, and into the ground.
I'm not saying that the Edmonton Municipal Airport is in as bad of shape, but it will definitely have to pass an environmental safety test before building can commence, and with an airport as old as that, there's bound to be a few secrets under the ground