=20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This article was sent to you by someone who found it on SFGate. The original article can be found on SFGate.com here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=3D/n/a/2008/08/20/state/n090= 117D35.DTL --------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, August 20, 2008 (AP) Las Vegas airport cuts plans for some improvements (08-20) 09:01 PDT LAS VEGAS, CA (AP) -- Clark County is trimming about $360 million from a $3.7 billion capital improvement plan at McCarran International Airport. County commissioners cited a downturn in the national economy in voting Tuesday to defer or eliminate 10 projects from the five-year improvement plan. A $215 million runway rebuilding job, a curbside sign proposal and a baggage-handling upgrade were among the projects shelved at least until 2013. One project was eliminated outright — a $10 million expansion of escalators to the baggage claim area. Officials say the cutbacks were requested by airlines that use the nation's sixth-busiest airport. Commissioners preserved a $114 million plan to build a heliport near Slo= an to shift Grand Canyon tour operations away from McCarran. Several commissioners called that issue important to voters. ___ Information from: Las Vegas Review-Journal, www.lvrj.com ---------------= ------------------------------------------------------- Copyright 2008 AP <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you wish to unsubscribe from the AIRLINE List, please send an E-mail to: "listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx". Within the body of the text, only write the following:"SIGNOFF AIRLINE".