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Expanding Lindbergh Without Blocking the Bay

San Diego civic leaders are struggling to find a way to expand Lindbergh Field, without building a new multi-story concrete parking garage on the edge of San Diego Bay. KPBS reporter Alison St John

Expanding Lindbergh Without Blocking the Bay

San Diego civic leaders are struggling to find a way to expand  Lindbergh Field, without building a new multi-story concrete parking garage  on the edge of San Diego Bay.

KPBS reporter Alison St John has more.

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Consultants told civic leaders at an Ad Hoc Airport Committee meeting today that traffic gridlock on downtown streets will be avoided if passenger check-in is moved to the north side of Lindbergh Field.

San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders chairs the group .

Sanders : "We’re talking about a large intermodal transit facility that allows people to get right off the freeway, right over to the parking lot and take a shuttle over to the airport  which reduces traffic congestion on all of the streets significantly."

The proposal is to have the Transit Center built near the rail line and Interstate 5 by the year 2015. 

But ten new gates have already been approved for the south side next to San Diego Bay. Airport officials are concerned about how those will function without a new multi -story parking garage on Harbor Drive.

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The Ad Hoc Airport Committee will have a final proposal by the end of January.

Alison St John, KPBS news.