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Aeronautics budget hearing highlights $120 million proposal for three generational airport projects; Peace Garden carryover approved
Summary
The Appropriations — Education and Environment Division reviewed aeronautics budget language including a $120 million one‑time package for generational airport projects (Fargo, Grand Forks, Dickinson) and carryover authority for Peace Garden Airport grants; staff outlined grant timing, federal programs and funding matches.
Grant Gater of the Legislative Council and Kyle Wanner, director of the North Dakota Aeronautics Commission, briefed the Senate Appropriations — Education and Environment Division on aeronautics budget proposals that include ongoing grant authority, an Airport Infrastructure Fund line and a proposed $120 million one‑time package for three large airport projects.
Gater said the purple sheet summarizes the Armstrong executive recommendation and the green sheet reflects the Burgum recommendation; the main practical differences were a change to the salary increase and whether one‑time Airport Infrastructure Fund dollars are bonded or drawn from the Strategic Investment and Improvement Fund. He noted carryover authority is commonly included when revenue timing and project schedules do not align with the biennium.
Wanner described agency…
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