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Airport Commission hears year-long FAA tower study, runway work and RPZ property purchases
Summary
Airport staff updated the Airport Commission on recent paving, runway threshold and blast-pad work, purchases of properties inside the runway protection zone (RPZ), and a federal FAA-led tower siting and survey process that the airport expects to take about a year to complete.
Airport staff gave the Airport Commission a progress report on runway and approach work, purchases of properties inside the runway protection zone (RPZ), and the FAA's emerging role in siting a proposed contract control tower.
The update said the airport has completed a paving phase that included a new blast pad and a shifted runway threshold, and that the commission has acquired six of the eight units located inside the RPZ. Two remaining units were described in discussion by number but not confirmed in the meeting record.
"The blast pad, as you recall, is built to runway standards," said Vincent Chad, airport staff member. "As of today, we've bought 6 of the 8 units. Just these 2 units ... are the only ones that are left. All the others have been purchased."
Why it matters: clearing or acquiring property in an RPZ reduces potential…
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