Austin City Council member Vanessa Fuentes has a resolution on the table to delay the project and make the city find another site. Airport officials say the city cannot afford to wait any longer, due to Austin's constant growth.
This project could be delayed because of concerns from residents who live near the proposed site. Airport officials met with city council to explain what kind of impact delaying the project could have on the airport's operations.
"I’ve had a range of emotions from sad, to frustrated, to disappointed. When we look at the vision plan it calls for the relocation of Highway 71. We are willing to relocate a highway which is going to be complex, expensive and difficult to do, but when it comes to a fuel facility we are somehow not able to do that," said Vanessa Fuentes, Austin City Council member.The airport said the fuel shortage is linked to the high number of planes going in and out of the airport.
"It took 15 years to clean up and countless families were affected with high rates of cancer and poor health outcomes. Now some of those same families are organizing against this fuel tank farm," said Fuentes. "Lots of environmental permits are being required to operate the facility, lots of best practices, this is a heavily regulated facility," said Kane Carpenter, environmental manager.
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