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Airport Expansion
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Sustained double-digit passenger growth at Edmonton International Airport (EIA) is driving the need to expand the airport terminal building, parking facilities, and other infrastructure much faster than expected.
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Our last phased expansion project, 1998 - 2005 Air Terminal Redevelopment Project, including the parkade, South Terminal and Central Hall, was completed for approximately $280 million, giving EIA a 5.5 million passenger capacity. $ e4 C! J9 f% h# E2 T9 v
, X+ U% L) n4 aWe expected to reach 5.5 million passengers, the trigger point for expansion by 2015; however, EIA will serve more than six million passengers in 2007 – accelerating the need to expand.
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" I$ K3 B+ N( v3 I0 z- XTo ensure passengers move through the airport as smoothly as possible and to minimize the terminal's physical, environmental and financial impact, Edmonton Airports is adopting "future airport" technologies such as self-serve check-in kiosks and check-in desks useable by any airline., G; H5 F7 { T, F, V' t p
& x4 O- ^3 u/ p+ {1 ^As well, over the next five years we will invest $1 billion in a three-phase expansion project that will enable Edmonton International to serve nine million passengers annually.. z$ |$ Y w) l A8 G7 g! I
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! o9 ~- a7 C& s; _7 [2007 - 2012 Expansion Project3 ^# C( ^3 H% m+ {
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An additional 13 bridges will be built on the south side of the terminal, boosting the total number of bridges to 30 from the current 17.
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/ ~- r8 z; z$ i& Q3 i3 D+ d+ I: M$ E Phase 1 (completion date 2010): 253,0008 X4 q, E: p4 w) ]% p
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accommodate new south terminal
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6 v ^+ H: N, X# x Phase 2 (completition date 2010): A new2 g7 u# [/ f% M4 L3 c+ K
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Phase 3 (completion date 2012): A new concourse linking the existing south terminal
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. q% @8 C! I! y& x& {$ SExpansion projects already underway
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5 |* {6 P! H; L3 L; \Parkade expansion - 1,000 new parkade stalls
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Expanding aprons and new de-icing pads
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Upgrading or replacing current systems and better utilizing existing space
. r) ?1 c; V5 e" r% F7 p$ S! T7 Z% DNew airport hotel9 A6 o7 k( `4 a- b2 ?
d9 m9 y8 p+ U! _/ dA 192-room Courtyard by Marriott hotel will also begin construction in 2008. The costs for this project will be borne by the developer, Concord Hospitality Enterprises Company, and is not part of the $1 billion airport expansion. |
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