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Spalding asked to front $1.1 million to speed Griffin–Spalding airport land purchases; GDOT to reimburse 95%
Summary
County and the City of Griffin were asked to advance roughly $2.2 million to cover negotiated land acquisitions for the regional airport; the city agreed to split the cost and GDOT will reimburse about 95% of the acquisition funds, leaving each jurisdiction responsible for a small non-reimbursable share.
Madison Teague of Croix Engineering updated the Spalding County Board of Commissioners on land-acquisition progress for the regional Griffin–Spalding Airport at the Oct. 6 workshop and asked the county to participate in short-term fronting of acquisition funds for property owner closings.
Teague said five properties have settled and the airport authority is acquiring about 102 acres.…
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