A whole heck of a lot can happen in that time frame and to actually think that Parker County, Wise County and Johnson County are going to remain rural forever is naive.
In an effort to be so right on the topic that you are now suggesting that a new airport would serve only those counties? Good lord. A reliever airport, which it would be, would serve the whole WESTERN side of the region, not just specific counties. This isn't rocket science.....I will say it once again, NASJRB will never be a commercial airport for the Western side of the metroplex. It will never happen with the money and influence stopping the tremendous increase in air traffic noise that would occur. If you cannot appreciate that little tidbit, then you don't understand Fort Worth at all....If there is ever a need for another reliever airport, it will be built west of NASJRB.
My only effort has been to begin the discussion of what would be a prudent use of NASJRB; a discussion that I began more than a year ago when I could see the federal sequester coming down the pike which will trigger massive cuts in defense and domestic spending. Fort Worth is fortunate that an excellent federal property within its jurisdiction could be reused or enhanced with a nominal investment that in turn could generate an exponential amount in returns.
Agreed, it isn’t rocket science, but it does require one to cite data to support ones position.
For the record, Johnson, Parker and Wise Counties were initially cited in your remarks; I simply provided data to demonstrate that they are rural and that they have by no means the necessary mass to support even public transportation, let alone, a regional airport.
I consider myself very Tarrant County centric and feel that I understand Fort Worth and Tarrant County reasonably well; and I am of the belief that it does have the demographics and resources to support a regional airport right now.
Now would be an excellent the time for you to cite the data or known public resistance that supports your statement that a regional airport can never happen at the current NASJRB location; and that it will happen west of there.
Nor have you yet to cite any data or public resistance that supports the “noise and money” issues that you say will stop a regional airport or would stop one from coexisting with the current industrial and military uses of NASJRB today. I think the jobs generated from a regional airport would be a very strong argument. I also think that the dynamics have changed since the opening of DFW Intl. and the original agreement has been nullified.
Until very recently, I held interest in a business in the Cedar Springs/Lemmon Avenue corridor of Dallas. If you know Dallas at all, you know that this is the primary southern approach and departure zone for Love Field. For from being annoyances, SWA flights go almost unnoticed; instead, the most annoying noise routinely comes from the constant din of traffic and the ear piercing noise of fire trucks and EMS trucks. None of these noises slowed the pace of business or residential activity in the area, in fact, that corridor has some of the highest office rental rates and residential rates in Dallas. The Love Field experience is anecdotal, but it is also a reality.