Airport Authority outlines FAA-driven five‑year plan, emphasizes safety projects first
Lead Edge Design and Airport Authority officials described the FAA Capital Improvement Plan process to the Board, saying safety projects (runway and apron) receive priority scores and that strategic items such as jet fuel or taxiways can be accelerated when a business prospect requires them.
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Phil Eberly of Lead Edge Design told commissioners that the FAA requires airports to submit a Capital Improvement Plan in a specific format that ranks projects by safety, capacity and revenue potential, and that FAA scoring—not local preference alone—largely determines which projects receive federal money. "The FAA’s first priority is safety items at each airport and those projects must be completed before other improvements," Eberly said, summarizing the process.
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