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Airport advisory urges runway safety work, revisits ground-lease policy as apron rehab bid comes in over budget
Summary
Grand County's Airport Advisory Committee recommended work to prepare displaced threshold safety areas and urged revision of county hangar ground-lease terms; the county also heard that apron rehabilitation bids came in substantially over the funded amount.
Grand County commissioners received an update May 20 from the Airport Advisory Committee on runway safety work, hangar ground-lease policy and apron rehabilitation projects, and directed staff to develop firm recommendations for board consideration.
Advisory committee chair Dennis Carpenter explained why the committee supports creating displaced thresholds on Runway 9 and Runway 27 at Granby/20 Victor to increase usable takeoff length; the committee said the FAA approved the displaced-threshold concept in the airport master plan but noted the FAA had previously indicated it would not fund the work. Carpenter said the committee would like to…
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