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Article: Airport Authority CEO Urges Legislature to Support Detroit Region Aerotropolis.
- Article from:
- Journal of Transportation
- Article date:
- November 21, 2009
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The proposed Detroit Region Aerotropolis offers a unique development opportunity worthy of statewide support, Wayne County Airport Authority CEO Lester Robinson urged state leaders today in Lansing.
In testimony provided before the Michigan House of Representatives Transportation Committee, Robinson acknowledged Aerotropolis opponents' concern that the legislature's special consideration of the Aerotropolis would necessarily hamper development elsewhere in the state, but clarified that, "The Aerotropolis does not compete with our core cities because its development focus is not the same."
"I understand that some communities worry that Michigan's core ...