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Lost in the media commotion has
been any serious discussion of Metro's
expansion plans. Katz, who oversees
day-to-day operations of Metro and
Willow Run airports, is point man for
the $1.6 billion expansion program at
Metro.
'After we spend that billion six, we
will have the finest airport facilities in
the world," Katz said.
In addition to the 74-gate, $850
million midfield terminal being built
in partnership with Northwest Airlines
and scheduled to be in operation by
late in the year 2001, plans call for
construction of a fourth parallel run-
way and continuation of a new south
access road project, as well as
improved noise mitigation programs.
Metro is the national hub for
Northwest and handles 74 percent of
the passenger traffic at the airport.
The $1.6 billion is the equivalent
of the cost of 10 new Tiger stadiums.
None of the money is coming from
taxes. The expansion will be paid for
by a combination of airport revenues,
including lease fees paid by airlines.
Some critics have questioned the
38-year-old Katz's lack of aviation
experience, and accuse McNamara of
handing him a political plum appoint-
ment, paying $112,576 a year. But
Katz, previously chief of staff for
McNamara and executive director of
the Wayne County Building Authori-
ty, has a solid record of spearheading
major construction projects.
"What you really need in an airport
director," said Michael J. Conway, "is
a business manager, someone that can
pull together all the various forces that
make an airport work — the airlines,
all the tenants, all our vendors, all our
employees, all our department heads
and managers. Someone who can pro-
vide leadership and get the projects in
on- time and under cost. That's exactly
what we need right now." Conway has
spent 11 years at Metro in manage-
ment capacities.
Katz called one of his first staff
meetings as director in the men's room
of a Fairlane shopping center restau-
rant to show how a washroom prob-
lem similar to one at the airport had
been resolved in a customer-friendly
manner. Complaints about North-
west's restrooms at Metro rank high
among frequent fliers, along with
complaints about cleanliness in the
concourse, customer check-ins and
baggage retrieval.
Katz went to work for Wayne
County 11 years ago after serving as
administrative assistant in Livonia
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