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Originally Posted by Streamliner
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Frikken finally. Just a few notes:
-All the phase 2 projects are very "squishy". Some very basics aspects of the design have yet to be finalized, the cost estimates are all over the place, and the schedules are more of a suggestion than anything. But all this is completely normal for a major infrastructure project over a decade out from initial construction, so take them more as an indicator that after the more concrete phase 1 projects the airport intends on finding some way to link the two terminal together in a more elegant fashion.
-Adding on to the above, the stinger on the west side is facing some major engineering challenges and may or may not happen. There's not a lot of land out there in-between the boat docks and the taxiway, possibly not enough to squeeze in new gates while still maintaining an acceptable passenger experience.
-Likewise, the airport isn't happy about losing gates knocking down terminal 2 east and replacing it with a linear terminal. The alternative of extending the new terminal 1 NE risks creating a bottleneck though, resulting in constant delays. In the end though these deliberations are purely academic, the airport doesn't have the finances to construct these projects within the next decade so there's no need to be super firm when they're just going to make an entire new master plan in ten years anyway.
-The trolley/coaster station is the fuzziest of all, although not for any engineering reasons. The airport is forbidden from spending
any of the money it generates outside its property line by federal law, so the whole thing relies on SANDAG putting down the funding for it. And before anyone asks taking ownership away from the airport authority and giving it to anyone else won't change this, otherwise Harbor dr would be looking a heck of a lot nicer from airport investment.