Will Airport Expansion Fly? Land Sale Remains a Question as $7 million Study Sought

The price of the property – part of the former Countryside Golf Course – is a component of the talks, a city official said.

As the holiday travel rush begins, a future expansion of the Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport remains stuck in line.

A key component of that: Whether the airport acquires city-owned land on the west side of Interstate 581 so a runway can be extended across the highway. That property was once Countryside Golf Course.

The airport does not have a plethora of options. There are mountains to its north, Valley View Mall to its south and a problematic bluff to its east…

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