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City details $2.6 million apron and taxiway work, cites patchwork of federal, state and local grants
Summary
City staff briefed the advisory board on multiple airport capital projects, saying the apron rehab is a roughly $2.6 million effort funded by several FAA and state grants and local match, and that taxiway lighting and runway repairs are scheduled for design or construction next year.
Aaron Parker, city project engineer, told the Airport Advisory Board the airport has several capital projects in design or construction and that staff are cobbling together funding from state grants, FAA programs and city cash to move them forward. He said the apron rehabilitation and Taxiway C work together total about $2.6 million, with roughly $150,000 in city match and multiple state and federal grants used for design and construction. Parker said two FAA awards — one from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Airport Improvement Program and another AIP program — each cover roughly half a million dollars of the project, and state grants cover additional portions. He also said the city received a Build Kansas grant of about $30,000…
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