At the Coeur d'Alene Press Online, Mike Satren claims that Coeur d'Alene Airport manager Greg Delavan was fired for planning to extend runways in conflict with land-use plans by the city of Hayden, among other entities. He writes about a Sept. 3 meeting of airport stakeholders at the Kroc Center: "According to (Hayden city official Connie) Krueger who gave the main presentation, the City of Hayden's plans to expand are being hamstrung by the airport's plans for future expansion and by the six impact zones that were incorporated in the most recent iteration of the Airport Master Plan to safeguard specific approach segments of land for safety reasons. She particularly blamed the six impact zones for the bottleneck of development approvals that were frustrating her plans. She admitted getting emotional when she talked about the six impact zones." More here.

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