At six football fields long, six lanes wide and three years in the making, Calgary’s airport tunnel will open to traffic May 25, a senior city official said Thursday.
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Flood diversion tunnel plan raises tough questions for city
When flood mitigation experts mused about a tunnel to divert water from the Glenmore Reservoir to the Bow River, it struck even the mayor as something from science fiction.
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Proposed tunnel project could yield useful piece of digging equipment for Calgary’s future projects: Nenshi
It’s tunnel vision that could come in handy for the city down the road, says Mayor Naheed Nenshi.
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Airport tunnel construction makes key deadline
City officials marked another milestone Wednesday in the construction of the airport tunnel by turning over the final section above the tunnel to the airport authority — narrowly avoiding any contractual financial penalties.
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Long-term plan for Airport Trail could cost city $322 million
CALGARY — Turning Airport Trail into a major corridor that joins one side of northeast Calgary to the other by 2039 will eventually cost the city more than $300 million, on top of what’s been spent on the airport tunnel.
A new city report describes the costs that will face future city councils to construct the interchanges and upgrades from Deerfoot Trail to Stoney Trail.
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Final section of concrete poured for airport tunnel
CALGARY— The city is inching closer to the completion of the airport tunnel now that the final section of concrete has been poured.
The 620-metre long Airport Trail tunnel will accommodate six lanes of traffic, with the provision for a future transitway, and runs under the new airport runway between Barlow Trail and 36th Street N.E.
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