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Airport staff detail winter operations, new equipment and FAA grant work for Sandpoint and Priest River
Summary
Airport maintenance and management reported on snow-removal tactics, new equipment, a three-axle equipment trailer, and FAA-funded projects including Priest River taxi lane and apron work, an ALP/AAGES update and obstruction removal and land/easement negotiations at Sandpoint.
Airport maintenance and management reported operational work and multi-site projects at Sandpoint and Priest River airports during the advisory board meeting.
Dale Lockwood, airport maintenance manager, told the board that limited winter snow this season allowed staff to focus on equipment upgrades and in-house repairs. Lockwood said crews will install new bristles on the broom truck, reuse an older plow blade on a loader to improve runway-edge clearing, and continue to experiment with more versatile loader-based plowing to avoid digging into runway edges. He also reported work on a new pilot-controlled lighting controller, replacement wind sock and repairs to hangar electrical issues and runway lights at Priest River as replacement parts arrive.
The county reported acquisition of a three-axle equipment trailer intended to move loaders and tractors between Sandpoint and Priest River; staff said the new trailer will reduce reliance on borrowed county trailers and improve…
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