New jet fuel tanks to be located directly opposite Southeast Austin neighborhood.
intended to slow the construction of 150 million-gallon, directly opposite residences between McCall Lane and Metropolis Drive. But airport officials warn that unless the city moves forward with the new fuel depot now, it could face years of delay and lose billions in revenue.
Fuentes' resolution would put the project, which would both move and expand AUS' current fuel storage facility, on hold until Council gives the go-ahead. In the interim, staff would be required to identify at least three alternative sites for Phase 2 of the project and conduct a localthat would go deeper than the federally required review that passed muster with theEquity Office
and"local environmental justice experts," which Fuentes, whose District 2 includes AUS and the surrounding area, said would help correct the city's history of environmental racism.The first two tanks proposed are sited within 2,000 feet of 21 residences in total, the closest being 700 feet from the tanks.
“I know that what we heard today was a pretty outstanding economic impact ... to our airport expansion and operations, but equally as important is the human impact.”told Council at an April 5 work session, construction of the new fuel depot could be delayed by 2½ years and result in a combined $11.
Yaft told Council that AUS traffic growth, which was estimated at 4% annually when Council adopted the 2018 master plan that includes the fuel depot project, has been closer to 8%.
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