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Mayor to resubmit Airport Improvement Program grant; project will narrow then later widen taxiway as required by state
Summary
The mayor told council staff would resubmit a federal Airport Improvement Program grant for runway and taxiway work; the state required the city to narrow a widened taxiway now to prevent pilot confusion, with plans to widen it again later under grant funding. The grant is roughly 90% federal, 5% state, and 5% airport authority cost share.
The mayor told the council the administration would resubmit the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grant application for a runway revitalization project at the Fairhope Airport. The city previously sought to widen a taxiway for temporary use as a runway, but state aviation authorities and ALDOT required the taxiway be narrowed so pilots would not confuse it with the runway. The city now plans to narrow the taxiway to required…
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