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That's true - I do remember seeing those before. I guess part of my perspective is from the Destination Charlotte page. It doesn't mention anything about a 3rd phase.
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2 hours ago, 49er said:
This feels kind of hasty like they're scrambling to meet demand for something specific. The concrete work and that refueling area or whatever it is was just built.
I agree. I feel like this came out of nowhere. I've never seen / heard of plans for a Phase 3 and it's virtually impossible to find mention of it anywhere else.
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23 minutes ago, xapostrophe said:
Maybe I'm blind, but I don't see where it says in there that B and C will be included...
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19 hours ago, xapostrophe said:
looks like the south ramp expansion project finally has a date assigned to it. And, included in that project is the b and c concourse expansion. sept. 2025 construction to begin.
Where could I find that update?
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With all of the rework to the pick up and drop off areas, why didn't they do an island for auto drop off or pick up? Since there's just the one curb spot a lot of people end up double parked. They essentially are using two lanes for cars stopping which creates a major traffic jam. I was hoping that once everything opened up they'd have a solution for that.
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4 minutes ago, Larry Singer said:The Democrats should have convinced us that we need to trust their judgements. This country is now perfect under the great leadership of Biden and Harris. We are the envy of the world. I am also proud that President Biden has proven time after time to possess the integrity, and loyalty to the constitution to continue his great leadership into his 100s. I am ashamed that the republicans want to set up districts based on population and not race like the democrats have done and gotten by with for many years. And democrats, remember, all people are equal, and we don't need to set up districts based on race. You wouldn't want to appear as racists. Have a nice day everyone.
You are such an idiot and just blinding yourself to the truth or something. To say that the Republicans want to draw districts based only on population is wildly false. They are making no bones about the fact that this is straight up political. This state has been close to 50/50 at the presidential level for many years, yet a 10-4 balance for congressional districts is "fair".
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The only thing I see not working with your plan is that the area furthest to the right that you pointed out is set for regional jets wouldn't be able to replace B and C unless they had a temporary configuration with only every other gate open or something.
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It doesn't matter - they won't work anyway. I can't for the life of me figure out why these walkways are always shut down. Are they that hard to maintain?
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1 hour ago, Larry Singer said:I have "never" see or heard comments threatening LGBTQ in my trips around the country. Although I was in North Africa last month where they would have
been executed.
Uhhh...
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/15/us/montana-john-howald-lgbtq-hate-crimes-sentencing/index.html
The big problem with people like yourself is that you don't see the racism/sexism/homophobia/etc. around you because either a) you live in an area where there are few people of color and LGBTQ people are closeted so there are less instances of true conflict or b) you just see things through a different lens so you don't see or hear the things that are being talked about - you just see the negative things that random people of color / supporters of BLM do and assign them to all of that group.
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There's no doubt that UNC Charlotte is feeling a ton of pressure right now. The current administration (not wholly wrongly) is desperate to make the university a major player in the state (athletics, research, enrollment, etc.) but the state politicians and BOG continue to push back and treat Charlotte like a 2nd tier institution. For instance, Charlotte staff are paid using a pay scale that's a tier lower than Chapel Hill and NC State. Additionally, moving the athletics program into that higher tier takes a lot of donor money and that doesn't seem to be coming in. We haven't even been able to move forward with the football stadium expansion that is supposed to happen.
I honestly don't know how much that had to do with this resignation. Anyone think it could be working for a difficult boss???
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On 5/9/2023 at 6:22 PM, J-Rob said:
Does anyone know if this is still in play or the timing?
According to the Harrisburg Planning / Projects site, this project was withdrawn. Bummer.
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1 hour ago, origin.clt said:
Here's the general location for the new overlook (might need to zoom in) and access road. Much closer to 18R 36L. According to the public plans, it will sit roughly 40 feet above that runway.
Unfortunately this means that we will have less views (at least the close ups) of planes departing. It will mostly just be arrivals now. That's unfortunate. Once the new runway is built we might have a view of both, but that still will be mostly for arrivals.
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Seems like a misunderstanding of what was being posted. KJ wasn't saying that the Eastway facility was close enough to use and therefore one of the Eastland site would be duplicative. If there's something else that I and others missed in the post(s) then please make sure that's clear.
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Thanks! I learned something new today!
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1 hour ago, J-Rob said:
You should see the airport before claiming that
. It is great for what it is, but the airport is basically 2 big rooms in a warehouse-type building: one for ticketing and baggage claim, the other for the gate(s).
I am not knocking it. I've used it and my family has used, but it is a little comical and surprising the first time you see it.
Somewhat related, it's three letter identifier is USA, which is interesting.
It's definitely true that the airport "terminal" is underwhelming compared to most, but I do wonder how many comparable US cities there are? Obviously, we're nothing like New York or LA. but for the most comparable these are the only ones I can think of:
- Orlando
- Tampa / St. Pete
- Philadelphia / Trenton
- Dallas
- Houston
Of course, Dallas and Houston's 2nd airports are much larger and more established. Orlando and Tampa's 2nd airports have actual terminal buildings.
My criteria was where the 2nd airport is part of the metro and not a 2nd, close, large city (such as San Francisco and San Jose, or Miami and Fort Lauderdale). Particularly where the airline essentially advertises that you're flying to the main city (thus why I thought of Philadelphia). Are there any others I missed?
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I picked up my mom at the airport on Wednesday evening. She flew in on Southwest. She's older now so she doesn't walk tremendously fast, and obviously had a long walk to get from the gate to the terminal. Even after all of that time, when we walked down to the A baggage carousel, we still waited about 30 minutes until the bags came out. Does anyone know why it is taking so long? Are they short staffed or is it the renovations?
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2 hours ago, KJHburg said:Yes I was mistaken it was not the new runaway but the taxiways which are needed for the new runaway. It is one long multiyear project. Here is about the new overlook but you should see the dirt moving over there.
This will be awesome. For years I have thought that the Overlook could be an even better amenity for both the airport and the city, but that it really needed some facilities. Namely bathrooms but some sort of food option as well. There are always so many people there but it can be a little difficult to stay for any period if you have smaller kids...
This could really be something that helps define our airport and make us unique!
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9 hours ago, Reverie39 said:
I know people from the East Coast who fly to Denver and rent a car to drive to Breckenridge. I figured that was pretty common, maybe not.
It is extremely common. Yes, Denver is obviously a flight destination for most "common" people (ie. those who don't have an s ton of money) who are going out west to ski. Rent a car and go up to Breckenridge, Keystone, Copper Mountain, Steamboat Springs, Estes Park, or even Vail and Beaver Creek. I lived in Colorado for 3 years and drove up from Colorado Springs to those regularly. Never once thought about trying to go to Aspen or anything further west.
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So when I look at the renderings I have 2 immediate thoughts:
- Man I really wish they'd made this a new terminal with ticket counters and security
- That hike all the way to the end will suck! That even LOOKS really far just in the rendering. I know there won't really be people connecting from the end of the A expansion to E but could you imagine doing that?
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Did anyone else really hate the concessions experience at the game? My son was hungry (otherwise I wouldn't have gone) and we got in line (we were on the 500 level) with between 5 and 10 minutes left in the first half. We waited in line through halftime and 15 minutes had passed in the 2nd half before we got back to our seats!!!
I mean I know it was a big crowd but don't the Panthers have crowds like that most home games? How in the world was it sooo bad?
Otherwise the experience was great!
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6 hours ago, gman430 said:WW3 didn’t happen when Trump was in office. Just saying. Biden’s approval rating looking like the stock market today.
This is an idiotic but not surprising statement. You think Putin is attacking because Biden is in office? He was what, scared of trump? More like he knew trump was undermining NATO and wasnt as worried about it. And they likely had an agreement - leaving it to trump to just blackmail Zelensky. Crawl back under your rock.
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^ This. What an amazingly good, well thought out post.
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53 minutes ago, JBS said:
So, party over country/constituents? No thanks! Manchin/Sinema 2024!
That's a red herring. If they truly believe these are bad policies then that's fine. If they think that they're mostly good policies but could cause them to be voted out, it's not. As Democrats, I imagine they agree with a majority of the actual policies. Also, do you just want NOTHING to get done? It would be different if the Republicans didn't always vote party first, but they do. If any Republicans would break out and vote with the Democrats, and the filibuster weren't a thing, then it wouldn't matter.
Charlotte-Douglas Airport (CLT) Expansion
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Question for you all (without us being able to do anything about it). I had to take my mother to the airport the other day, and the drop off area was terrible. Cars were stopped at least 2 deep, and cars that were along the curb were trapped there trying to get out for several minutes. One car was diagonal across both lanes, just stopped and not doing anything. People kept pulling up and stopping in the 2nd lane, blocking others in. So my question is, why, with all of the rework to the drop-off and pick-up areas, did they not do a center island with curb access from 2 sides? Or at least do like some airports and clearly mark off 2 lanes for stopping? And why don't they have traffic control people out there getting cars out of the way? It's such a cluster for an airport that has made so many worthwhile improvements...