BERLIN”S future airport project, Brandenburg International, essentially a major development of the existing Schoenefeld, has suffered another setback. The Federal Administrative Court has ruled that construction could not begin until it had looked at the nearly 4,000 complaints filed against the authority”s clearance of the project. A ruling will not be made until the first half of 2006 which will clearly put back any possible future opening date for the project. In the meantime the decision will provide a lifeline for Berlin”s inner city at Tempelhof and confuse the authorities whether to promote the existing Schoenefeld operation or try and accommodate further traffic at Berlin”s current major gateway at Tegel. Limited investment at Tempelhof is of course another alternative.
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