NY Sun:
New Plan on Air Traffic Here Envisages Rivers as ‘Runways'
By ANNIE KARNI
Special to the Sun
April 18, 2007
In an effort to help relieve the region's heavy airport congestion, the Bloomberg administration is quietly pushing forward a plan to put the city's rivers to use as runways, a city official said yesterday.
As heightened security regulations at airports and overcrowded airspace add to flight delays and threaten to restrict the area's economic growth, several options are on the table for easing the city's air traffic congestion.
A spokesman said one option Mayor Bloomberg is throwing his support behind is a plan that could replace some airline shuttles that fly to and from East Coast cities with seaplanes — fixed-winged aircraft that take off and land on water — which could be used to pull traffic off overcrowded runways at the three regional airports that serve New York. More...
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