How You Can Help

Now that the City of Calgary has agreed in principle to re-insert the Airport Trail Tunnel into the Calgary Transportation Plan, ATAC urges you to write your provincial and federal MP's to assist with the funding for it.

We encourage you to express to the government representatives (see list below) your support for a transportation vision that includes the Airport Trail East Access Tunnel to the Airport. This is crucial for ensuring a better transportation future for all Calgarians.

Why Calgary Needs the Airport Trail Tunnel

The Airport Trail Tunnel is needed to provide the following:

Bus Rapid Transit & Light Rail Transit capacity to the Calgary Airport from the existing Calgary east LRT line.
Relieve Deerfoot Trail, McKnight Blvd, & Country Hills Blvd of traffic bottlenecks by providing multiple access points into the Airport
Provide industrial, Airport regional commercial, and employee traffic alternate access points into the Airport
Provide rapid response times for tourism visitor pickup to/from airport (20+ trips per day per hotel)
Provide rapid access in case of the need arises for emergency & police services beyond the capacity of the Airport detachments and units.
Avoid the routing of traffic through high-density development that is underway in the Airport region.

We need the Provincial & Federal Governments to join with the City, and provide funding so that this Tunnel can be built. We also need the Calgary Airport Authority to be a good neighbour and facilitate the construction of the Airport Tunnel and Roadway under the proposed new Parallel Runway. To do so at the same time as construction on the proposed runway would mean substantial cost savings over any attempt to bore a tunnel at a later date.

Without the Airport Trail Access Tunnel, all Calgary residents will suffer chronic airport commuting frustration. A future LRT line to the Airport will be impossible. East of Deerfoot business community will have an economic lifeline taken away. And NE residents will be cut off from easy access to the Airport, which for many will affect their livelihoods.

How can you partner with ATAC?

1. Tell other people about the issue and help us mobilize more participants

2. Donate financially to ATAC to help cover costs of our campaign

• Chequs made out to Saddle Ridge Community Association

• Reference on the cheque – ATA Committee and send to the following address:

Saddle Ridge Community Assocation

C/o 824 Saddlecreek Way NE

Calgary, AB T3J 4K4

3. Send an email to these government representatives and tell them we need the Airport Trail Access Tunnel and their funding support:

• Mayor David Bronconnier (themayor@calgary.ca)

• All Aldermen (Alderweb@calgary.ca)

• Provincial MLAs

Provincial Minister of Transportation, Honourable Luke Ouellette (Transportation.Minister@gov.ab.ca)

MLA Rob Anderson, Airdrie-Chestermere airdrie.chestermere@assembly.ab.ca

MLA Honourable Yvonne Fritz, Calgary Cross calgary.cross@assembly.ab.ca

MLA Darshan Kang, Calgary McCall calgary.mccall@assembly.ab.ca

MLA Manmeet Bhuller, Calgary Montrose calgary.montrose@assembly.ab.ca

MLA Moe Amery, Calgary East calgary.east@assembly.ab.ca

Federal MPs

Federal Minister of Transport, Communities, and Infrastructure, Honourable John Baird (bairdj@parl.gc.ca)

Minister of State (Transport), Honourable Rob Merrifield (Merrifield.R@parl.gc.ca)

Federal Minister of Environment, Honourable Jim Prentice (Prentice.J@parl.gc.ca)

MP, Calgary Northeast, Devinder Shory, Shoryd1@parl.gc.ca

Calgary Airport Authority - Parallel Runway Public Consultation feedback (yyc2014@yyc.com)

Please send ATAC (atacinfo@yestunnel.com) a copy of your email for our records. This will allow us to measure the impact that our efforts are having.