The fix is always in with the Goldschmidt gang
The condemnation of the Colwood Golf Couse property in Northeast Portland and its conversion into a noisy new runway for Portland Airport is looking more and more like a done deal. In an e-mail message we got yesterday from one of the countless flacks at the Port of Portland, this beauty of a passage appeared:
Beginning this fall and concluding in spring 2010, the Port will update the airport master plan and the City will create a land use plan recognizing PDX’s role in the regional economy while managing City infrastructure and livability. The three-year process will reinforce Portland’s planning legacy, PDX’s reputation as one of the premier airports in the country, and incorporate principles of sustainability and livability.The "sustainable, livable" airport expansion -- what a sick joke. Translation: All you poor saps in the Rose City and Alameda neighborhoods had better start trying out different types of earplugs.
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Comments (10)
We really don't need an international airport. We just need a fast train to Seattle.
Posted by Allan L. | September 11, 2007 2:13 PM
I thought you lived in the mentioned areas as well. I live in Roseway and things are already very noisy especially when the Air Guard zooms off on early weekend mornings
Posted by Don Bevington | September 11, 2007 2:42 PM
Why not relocate the Oregon Air guard? Portlanders don't believe in external threats anyways, and the Rose City area might get some offset from expanded PDX airport use.
Posted by Bob Clark | September 11, 2007 3:55 PM
Translation: the new runway for executive jets will have BIOSWALES!
Posted by Dave J. | September 11, 2007 4:47 PM
The word is that they plan on painting the concrete green and calling it "grass".
It'll work. Trust me. It's for the children.
M.W. reporting from the Green Zone in the pseudo-eco enclave of Portland
Posted by M.W. | September 11, 2007 5:50 PM
Hey, those Alameda swells deserve their hero's rewards. Ahh those Alameda poor snobs.
Posted by KISS | September 11, 2007 7:25 PM
air travel is not "sustainable".
you're right, Jack--"sick joke" is appropriate for that excerpt.
Posted by ecohuman.com | September 11, 2007 8:55 PM
I think a good case could be made for the Air Guard with reference to Northwest air defense-that's what the Oregon Air National Guard's job is-defending Oregon! Where else has the facilities to host them in Northwest Oregon?
Posted by Amanda | September 11, 2007 8:59 PM
RE: that fast train to Seattle.
I heard Earl Blumenauer talk about seven years ago at a little forum and he said one out of every six planes arriving or departing PDX was connected to Seattle. Which fairly boggles my mind, since the lowest air fare to Seattle that I found on a recent priceline search was $338 (more than $100 higher than a flight to San Francisco).
Actually, those Talgo trains, if they ever get them repaired, are fast enough. It's the track that's the problem. I'd be interested in finding out how much it would cost to upgrade the track from PDX or Eugen to Seattle, as opposed to building new runways (you know they aren't going to stop at this one).
Posted by Gil Johnson | September 11, 2007 9:59 PM
the lowest air fare to Seattle that I found on a recent priceline search was $338
Ouch! I can drive there for about $20.
And if you include the travel time, the wait time at the airport, and MAX travel time from my house to the airport, driving is quicker!
Posted by Jon | September 11, 2007 11:41 PM