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Peoria staff say city will not pursue or market proposed air-park after feasibility, cite cost and land constraints
Summary
After a year-and-a-half feasibility and site-selection study, city staff presented technical findings showing two possible sites for a new general aviation airport. Staff said the site is feasible but commercially and politically constrained; the city will not pursue or market an airport in the area and will post the final report online.
Peoria Deputy City Manager Mike Faust told the City Council on Jan. 14 that the city will not pursue or market an air-park in the study area after completing a feasibility and site-selection effort.
The council heard a detailed presentation from Patrick Taylor of Kaufman Associates, who summarized a year-and-a-half technical review that identified two candidate sites north of the city and evaluated airspace, environmental sensitivity, costs and compatibility. Faust said the study shows an airport “is feasible” but that relocation of transmission lines, floodplain issues, and land-use constraints mean the city will not actively pursue or market an airport at this time.
The feasibility work combined aviation demand forecasts, FAA design criteria, environmental screening and a GIS-based site-ranking matrix. Taylor said both candidate sites could support instrument approach procedures and meet FAA design standards; he reported total site rankings of 88 for Site 1 and 77 for Site 2. The consultants estimated an initial…
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