Hector Airport expansion

[roadwarrior]

Hector set another monthly record for passenger boardings of 40,969 in May and 214,414 year to date. Year to date is also a record.

The May number nearly beat Grand Forks year to date of 41,267.

[TAILG8R]

Parking ramp here we come!!!

The Fargo Municipal Airport Authority Board voted unanimously on Tuesday, Dec. 12, to proceed with building a 977-stall, four-level ramp that will be connected to the terminal via a skyway.

[taper]

Parking ramp here we come!!!

Hopefully not the same architect that did the RDO ramp downtown. That thing is a disaster. My BIL works there, says pickups can't even make some of the turns. Seems like it was built for euro style tiny cars.

[NI4NI]

Hector set another monthly record for passenger boardings of 40,969 in May and 214,414 year to date. Year to date is also a record.

The May number nearly beat Grand Forks year to date of 41,267.

In fairness, what flies out of GFK besides crop dusters?

[Hammerhead]

Hopefully not the same architect that did the RDO ramp downtown. That thing is a disaster. My BIL works there, says pickups can't even make some of the turns. Seems like it was built for euro style tiny cars.

Giant pickups don't belong in most parking ramps although that one on Block 9 threw me off the first couple of times I parked in there.

[taper]

Giant pickups don't belong in most parking ramps although that one on Block 9 threw me off the first couple of times I parked in there.

This is North Dakota, and a ramp built explicitly for an ag based company. Not accounting for pickups is pure incompetence.

[1998braves64]

This is North Dakota, and a ramp built explicitly for an ag based company. Not accounting for pickups is pure incompetence.

That ramp isn't explicitly for RDO though. Hotel guests and other tenants of block 9.

The only way they could have made it wider was to get rid of the alley and loading dock area for the block 9 building, that likely wasn't happening for a building like that.

Roberts commons ramp isn't much better I barely get my car around a corner when meeting another vehicle forced you to stay to the right. Got hung up in a 4 car jam for about a minute before someone finally backed up.

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[bisonaudit]

That ramp isn't explicitly for RDO though. Hotel guests and other tenants of block 9.

The only way they could have made it wider was to get rid of the alley and loading dock area for the block 9 building, that likely wasn't happening for a building like that.

Roberts commons ramp isn't much better I barely get my car around a corner when meeting another vehicle forced you to stay to the right. Got hung up in a 4 car jam for about a minute before someone finally backed up.

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If it’s wide enough for two way traffic there’s plenty of room.

[TAILG8R]

ITT people who are experiencing parking ramps for the first time.


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[HerdBot]

This is North Dakota, and a ramp built explicitly for an ag based company. Not accounting for pickups is pure incompetence.

As all city owned parking ramps, i's free to the public for the first 2 hours, after 5 pm and on weekends. Huge public benefit