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Residents dispute FAA mandate for airport fence as council awards airport rehabilitation bid
Summary
Public commenters, including hangar owners, disputed council statements that the FAA mandated new airport fencing; the council approved a contractor for the airport access rehabilitation project contingent on grant approvals.
Several residents urged the Lock Haven City Council to reconsider proposed fencing at the municipal airport and disputed council members’ repeated statements that the Federal Aviation Administration mandated new perimeter fencing.
Resident Niles Mansouris told the council he had spoken with Mark Matlock of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Aviation and was told the FAA had not mandated additional fencing. “The FAA did not mandate additional fencing,” Mansouris said. “The only thing that the FAA is mandating is a through‑the‑fence agreement with the hangar owners, which choose to come and have access to the airport.” He also said a previous council statement that the fence “won’t cost the city a penny”…
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