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Denver closes one airport, opens another
Q The new airport opened 16
months late, and investigations are
underway into allegations of
wrongdoing.
DENVER (AP) — A conga line of snowplows,
tugs and trucks loaded with equipment wound its
way from Denver’s old airport to its $4.9 billion
new one Monday, hours before the first passenger
flight was scheduled to land.
Most of the 2,000 vehicles in the convoy trav
eled at speeds of no more than 15 mph to Denver
International Airport along back roads to avoid
freeway congestion. The 22-mile trip from Staple-
ton International Airport was expected to take
about two hours.
Mayor Wellington Webb said the new airport —
which is 16 months late and $3.2 billion over bud
get — represents “the natural evolution of Den
ver’s transportation history — from Pony Express
to the stagecoach to railroads.”
Earlier, Webb greeted the first commercial car
go flight to land at the new airport: a Federal Ex
press plane that arrived from Memphis at 12:41
a.m., 20 minutes early.
“I think now we can put the jokes behind us,”
Webb said. “DIA does include airplanes.”
The airport’s opening has been delayed four
times because of construction problems, including
an automated baggage system that chewed up lug
gage and spit it out. It eventually was replaced by
an old-fashioned tug-and-cart system at all air
lines except United.
About a dozen investigations are under way
into allegations of wrongdoing in the airport pro
ject, including shoddy construction.
And bondholders sued the city Monday, claim
ing officials concealed problems with the project.
The class-action lawsuit seeks unspecified dam
ages for investors, whose bonds lost value because
of delays and cost overruns. A call to city officials
wasn’t returned immediately.
While the convoy over the rolling prairie
around Denver was a dramatic sight, about 70
percent of the equipment was moved from Staple-
ton over the weekend as city workers and business
owners took advantage of springlike weather.
The first commercial passenger flight was
scheduled to leave the new airport for Kansas
City, Mo., at 6 a.m. Tuesday, followed by the first
commercial passenger arrival, from Colorado
Springs, at 6:11 a.m.
Democrats hold fate of balanced-
budget amendment in their hands
Q The Senate will vote
on the amendment
today.
WASHINGTON (AP) — After
a 13-year struggle, a precedent-
shattering vote in the House
and a month-long Senate de
bate, the fate of a balanced-bud
get amendment hinged Monday
on five uncommitted Democrats.
Star players in the sort of dra
ma the Capitol thrives on, they
were being coy.
“Never before have we been
this close to passing the bal
anced-budget amendment,” said
GOP Sen. Mike DeWine of Ohio.
Both sides read their final
lines in advance of Tuesday’s
vote.
Supporters held a news con
ference in the Capitol parking
lot. Their backdrop was a gigan
tic tote board calculating the
federal debt to 13 digits.
“The debt is the threat,” said
Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho. “We
must stop building this mon
strous debt that can imprison
our future generations as noth
ing else can.”
Opponents relied on behind-
the-scenes lobbying by Presi
dent Clinton and others to firm
up the 34 votes needed to defeat
the measure.
“We’re not throwing in the
towel by any means,” said
White House press secretary
Mike McCurry, even as he
made clear the amendment
wasn’t the same as having one
of Clinton’s “top legislative
orities” up for grabs.
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