Chamber President's Commentary -- GLB REGION: Highway Access to MBS
January 24, 2013
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By: Bay Area Chamber of Commerce
Great Lakes Bay Region: Highway Access to MBS
When the Great Lakes Bay Regional Alliance was
organized, one of the primary initiatives of the Alliance
was to further develop and promote one of the key
assets of the region, the MBS International Airport.
The development and promotion was divided into three
related initiatives. (1) Work on funding, primarily through
the FAA, to construct a new passenger terminal.
(2) Improve highway access to the airport, creating the
infrastructure incentive for commercial economic
development around the terminal. (3) Work on recruiting a third carrier to compete with Delta and United, creating more competitive air fares.
For those passengers traveling from the West, North, and East of MBS, the primary access to the terminal is Garfield Road. The interchange from U.S. 10 to Garfield Road is extremely dated and is not conducive to commercial truck traffic. The section of Garfield Road from U.S. 10 to the new MBS terminal is also not conducive to commercial truck traffic. In order to attract any commercial economic development adjacent to the terminal, it is believed that major improvements need to be made to Garfield Road and the U.S. 10 interchange.
This project has the complete support of the Bay, Midland, and Saginaw Chambers of Commerce, as well as the Great Lakes Bay Regional Alliance.
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