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Wausau airport pushes urgent pavement and obstruction work as FAA funding times arrival
Summary
Airport staff told the Capital Improvement Committee the airport must proceed with pavement repairs and an avigation-easement process before major runway reconstruction can proceed; most projects will be largely FAA-funded but a small city share and timing constraints require local budgeting this year.
City airport staff told the Wausau Capital Improvement Committee on July 17 that runway and taxiway pavements are at the end of their useful life and that several related projects must be advanced now to take advantage of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) funding.
Airport presenters said most large projects at the airport are funded largely through FAA or Bureau of Aeronautics grants, typically a 95/5 or similar split, but that the FAA has delayed approvals in recent years. "We were actually 3 years behind," one airport presenter said of runway maintenance, adding that bid openings for the Runway 5/23 rehabilitation and lighting replacement were scheduled that week.
The airport manager and engineering consultant described several near-term priorities: repairs to pavements on primary runways and…
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