While the $67 million Airport Gateway Project will encroach on environmentally sensitive areas like wetlands and cut into hillsides, a feasibility study on the project indicates that it will not have a huge impact on the affected grounds.
The study, which was completed by China Construction America Incorporated, shows that there are several potential impacts including change in the drainage pattern; flooding; traffic; loss of natural features, habitats and species by construction and operation; pollution of potable, coastal, surface and ground water and air pollution, among others.
“The design and construction of the project shall not for the most part change the ecological environment along ...

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