The City Edmonton City Council has voted to close its City Centre Airport. 

This is a small airport located in an Edmonton neighbourhood.  The airport had its supporters, but many residents fought to close it for a variety of reasons such as noise, air pollution and safety.  Edmonton has another busy airport that can easily handle the air traffic.  Finally, after a long struggle, the residents won and the airport will close.

Sound familiar?  Inner city airports are being closed across North America.  Recently Meigs Field in Chicago closed  and now Edmonton.  Can the Island Airport be far behind?

This link describes the exciting redevelopment process that the City of Edmonton has put in place to develop plans for the airport lands.  If they can do this in Edmonton, think what could be done with the 215 acres of land occupied by the Island Airport.  These lands could be a wonderful asset for the City of Toronto and the Waterfront.

http://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/planning_development/city-centre-airport-redevelopment-master-plan-competition.aspx