Airport commute about to get worse
Posted Apr 1, 2011 8:10 am.
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Getting to and from the airport is about to get a little more difficult.
This is the final Friday commuters will be able to zip to Calgary International Airport along Barlow Trail.
Airport officials plan to close the major roadway this weekend to make way for a new runway, leaving the 30,000 drivers that use the route daily to find other options.
Associated Cab General Manager Jeff Garland says travellers will also have to leave earlier if they want to catch their flights on time.
“In certain times of the day, there will be extra delays getting back and forth during the rush hour because Deerfoot Trail is pretty saturated during the rush hour as it is,” he says.
With the closure of Barlow north of 48th Avenue N.E., Garland says they’ve been left with alternate routes that are few and far between.
As of Sunday at 12:01 a.m., those heading to YYC will have to take Deerfoot to Airport Trail, Country Hills Blvd to Barlow Trail or wait until the 80th Avenue extension to Metis Trail opens in the fall.
“Most of the trips that go to the hotels on Barlow Trail and the properties and stuff like that, it’s probably going to add about 15 minutes to a fare,” he says.
