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The Monday Poll: What should be the future of KCI?

Southwest Airlines officials are helping to put together a plan to build a new terminal at Kansas City International Airport.
Southwest Airlines officials are helping to put together a plan to build a new terminal at Kansas City International Airport. jtoyoshiba@kcstar.com

Consultants, airline officials and others examining the future of Kansas City International Airport have reached a conclusion: Building a new terminal would be less expensive than bringing the current terminals there up to modern needs.

That’s because gutting and rebuilding two terminals would have to follow federal security guidelines, change how passenger waiting rooms are laid out and upgrade KCI’s infrastructure.

Still, the recent report does not end the furor over what will happen at KCI. The City Council is asking more questions aimed at getting to the best possible plan, which likely won’t go to voters until 2017.

We invite readers to weigh in on the following statements. Mobile users, click here. Results are posted online on Tuesday afternoon and in print on Wednesday.

This story was originally published December 11, 2015 at 3:47 PM with the headline "The Monday Poll: What should be the future of KCI?."

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