of our airport daily.  Our reports indicate that due to the traffic numerous airlines have complained that their flights are often being delayed.  Hence, to meet the needs of our customers we have decided to construct an additional runway area on the open area located north of Terminal A.   This new runway must be built to accommodate largest jets.  The work that needs to be done includes: Constructing the runway (presently the runway surface is made of concrete), Placing the lights on the runway, building and identify the Runway Safety area, and the construction of blast

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For the past five years we at the Miami International Airport have been overwhelmed with the number of flight traffic that is coming in and out of our airport daily.  Our reports indicate that due to the traffic numerous airlines have complained that their flights are often being delayed.  Hence, to meet the needs of our customers we have decided to construct an additional runway area on the open area located north of Terminal A.   This new runway must be built to accommodate largest jets.  The work that needs to be done includes: Constructing the runway (presently the runway surface is made of concrete), Placing the lights on the runway, building and identify the Runway Safety area, and the construction of blast pads

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