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MAC is proceeding with the airport's comprehensive development plan <br />recommendations to extend Runway 8/26 to its ultimate length of 4,000 feet. This <br />runway development is supported by the 1986 State Environmental Impact Statement <br />(EIS) conducted for the airport' In addition, the 1983 Anoka County-Blaine Airport <br />Master Plan recommends the construction of two new runways at the airport.' Phase <br />II of the master plan recommends the construction of Runway 8L/26R and a full <br />parallel taxiway. The comprehensive plan recommends that this new runway be 3,200 <br />feet long by 75 feet wide. Phase III of the comprehensive plan recommends the <br />construction of a 4,855-foot long by 75-foot wide runway (17R/35L) and taxiway <br />pazallel to the existing primary runway. With the construction of 17R/35L, the <br />outboazd runway 17L/35R will be shortened to .3,500 feet. Rumvay 17L/35R will <br />primarily be used for training, thus promoting a more effective traffic pattern and <br />improving safety. <br />From a demand perspective, only one pazallel runway is supported for the <br />airport during the planning period. It is recommended that Runway 17R/35L be <br />constructed due to its relatively lower cost and higher wind coverage as reported in <br />the 1983 master plan. The 1986 EIS supports this development due to the location <br />of potential wetlands. A comprehensive development plan is scheduled to begin in <br />1990. <br />Anoka County-Blaine Airport is currently equipped with rtmway end identifier <br />lights (REILs) on Rtmway 35, visual approach slope indicator systems (VASIs) on <br />Rttmvay 17/35, and medium intensity rumvay lighting (MIRE) on all runways. The <br />airport also has a lighted wind sock, wind tee, and airport beacon. <br />State Environmental Impact Statement, Anoka County-Blaine Airport, Hoyle, Tanner <br />and Associates, 1986. <br />' Anoka County-Blaine Airport Master Plan, TRA, 1983. <br />V-39 <br />