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V. IMPLEMENTATION PLAN The final task of the Regional System Reliever Airports Study was the identification of implementation needs and responsibilities to provide an adequate reliever system for the seven-county Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan azea over the next 20 yeazs. Actions and responsibilities were identified on a regional and local airport basis as needed. The implementation plan includes a supporting coatingenry plan that identifies actions and options that should be undertaken in We event that all or a portion of the recommended plan cannot be implemented. Actions required to monitor the plan aze identified as part of the continuous planning element of the implementation plan. 1. SYSTEM SE'r_'i_'ING Reliever airports are available to provide attractive facilities to primarily general aviation aircraft operators who would otherwise choose Minneapolis-St. Paul International for their operations. As demand at Minneapolis-St. Paul International has increased, so has . delay experienced by its users during peak operational periods. Planning efforts at Minneapolis-St. Paul International have shown that demand management strategies must play a vital role in ensuring adequate commercial service facilities over the next 20 years. Reliever airports aze an integral part of the demand management strategy for Minneapolis-St. Paul International While reliever airports do not actually increase the operational capacity of the commercial service airport they relieve, they "free up" additional operating capacity for commercial operations by serving general aviation activity that would otherwise be accommodated at the "relieved" airport. The benefit of the reliever airports to lengthening the useful life of the Minneapolis-St. Paul facility is obvious. A dual-track strategy has been adopted to meet the long-term scheduled air service needs of the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. The Track "A" strategy seeks to optimize the long- term viability of Minneapolis-St. Paul International, while Track "B" pursues the development of an air carrier airport at a new site in the region. The process to resolve V-1