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Airport Expansion Continues Despite Cuts

Workers construct a tunnel for Lindbergh Blvd. at the W-1W site.
(KWMU staff)
Workers construct a tunnel for Lindbergh Blvd. at the W-1W site.

By Matt Sepic, KWMU

St. Louis – For the last two years, workers building a new 9,000 foot runway at Lambert Airport in St. Louis have been moving enough dirt to fill Busch Stadium about once a month.

They've torn down more than 1,000 homes and other buildings in Bridgeton, and despite a major downturn in air travel and major cuts to the American Airlines flight schedule, work is moving full-steam-ahead.

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