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TPAC approves up to $1 million for airport pavement and circulation work
Summary
TPAC approved a request to allocate up to $1,000,000 of county special-project funds for aviation-related pavement, parking and local-match needs at Jim Hamilton'L.B. Owens Airport; the committee moved and seconded the measure and approved it without recorded opposition.
The Transportation Planning Advisory Committee approved reallocating up to $1,000,000 of special-project funds to aviation-related pavement and circulation needs at Jim Hamilton L.B. Owens Airport.
Staff described the request as a reallocation of a portion of the Commerce Drive special-project budget for airport use, noting that some airport pavement items (for example, parking, T-hangar areas and vehicle circulation) are typically locally funded while other airfield items receive FAA funding with a required local match. Staff estimated local non-FAA-funded pavement work could be in the neighborhood of $600,000 and an additional local share for FAA-eligible work could be roughly $400,000, and said the request would not exceed $1,000,000 for aviation use.
A motion to consider up to $1,000,000 for aviation use at Jim Hamilton Airport was moved by TPAC leadership and seconded; the committee voted in favor and the motion carried. The transcript records the motion as moved by Miss Praylow and seconded by Chris Kiefer. TPAC chair called for the ayes and recorded no opposition during the vote.
Committee members discussed timing and local priorities for Commerce Drive and related projects; staff said the airport coordinates closely with FAA on capital projects and that locally funded circulation and parking areas are commonly funded with county or special-project dollars. The committee did not attach additional conditions in the recorded motion.
The approved allocation is a county-level reallocation of special-project funds and will be administered through Richland County Public Works and airport staff for the specified pavement and circulation items identified in the staff presentation.
