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Payoff starts on $250M upgrade to T.F. Green, more must come

LONG-TERM INVESTMENT: $250 million of federal and state funds have gone into upgrading T.F. Green Airport, which extended the main runway and added other safety and environmental health improvements. The full payoff for the investment is not clear yet.  / COURTESY R.I. ­AIRPORT CORP.
LONG-TERM INVESTMENT: $250 million of federal and state funds have gone into upgrading T.F. Green Airport, which extended the main runway and added other safety and environmental health improvements. The full payoff for the investment is not clear yet. / COURTESY R.I. ­AIRPORT CORP.

Nearly 20 years ago, planning started for extending the runways and footprint of T.F. Green Airport. And now the project, much scaled back from the original concept, is done. Was it worth it? So far, anyway, the answer is a qualified yes. There is no doubt that the addition of trans-Atlantic flights in the last

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