“A $50 million upgrade of Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, announced with great anticipation in the fall, has been sharply curtailed because of uncertainty in the airline industry, city officials say.

Continental also has postponed seven of 20 new flights planned in connection with the expansion. The original flights had been expected to generate about 700 jobs in the first 18 months. About 200 jobs have been created so far.

A separate $30 million project to build a new customs facility at Hopkins - to fix the bottleneck when two international flights overlap - also has been scaled back, city officials said…” (go to article)


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