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Originally Posted by casper
Why not fill for a airport expansion. It is just across the street.
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The plans to add a fourth runway, as far as I know, are on land already in existance to the south of the existing south runway. Richmond were opposed to adding another runway. The airport's existing expansion plans have been put on hold for the time being, so adding any new runway is probably many, many years away. The removal of the bio-solids is being done now as the upgraded plant is needed as soon as it can be built (by 2030 in the current plans).
Adding more land to Sea Island to build a runway would no doubt take years to get the necessary environmental approvals (if they could obtain them). Bio-solids probably aren't the appropriate material to use to create new land anyway, that's usually inert fill like sand pumped up from the seabed.