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Watertown council approves FAA grant application, awards private-hangar bid pending grant

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The City of Watertown authorized an FAA Airport Infrastructure Grant application for a $570,000 hangar taxi‑lane expansion and awarded a separate bid of roughly $350,000 for private hangar-area work contingent on that grant.

The City of Watertown City Council on March 17 approved applying for a Federal Aviation Administration Airport Infrastructure Grant (AIG) for a proposed hangar taxi-lane expansion and authorized acceptance of any award, and separately awarded a bid for the private hangar-area expansion pending grant funding.

Airport Director Ian Merriweather said the AIG application requests $570,000 for a taxi-lane expansion tied to additional hangar capacity. "It's a waiting game at this point," Merriweather said, adding that staff could not yet predict whether the…

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