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Clearwater airport board hears safety upgrades, state grant awards and project timelines
Summary
Board members heard updates on safety and fuel‑farm improvements, a newly installed access gate, consultant work on an instrument approach, and multiple state grant awards and requests for pavement, terminal and hangar projects; staff introduced an interim liaison and a new team member.
The Clearwater Airport Board on an administrative meeting approved its May minutes and spent most of the session receiving operational and capital‑project updates from airport staff and representatives.
An airport operations representative reported a string of safety‑focused changes over the past roughly 120 days, including replacement of aging fuel‑farm equipment at the operator’s expense, two new fuel trucks with enhanced monitoring systems, documented standard operating procedures and industry training for Pump Fuel employees, and increased frequency of fuel testing. “We’ve improved the quality and increased the frequency of our fuel testing to be more in line with industry standards,” the representative said. The representative also said the operator has overnight security on site 24/7 and that a new access gate on Grand Avenue has been installed and is awaiting power to prevent vehicular access across a taxiway.
On airspace work, the representative said the airport retained a consultant that submitted an obstacle report for a proposed instrument…
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