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Board reviews Eastern Sierra Air Alliance draft MOU and approves airport project amendments
Summary
County staff and partners briefed the board on commercial air service at Bishop Airport, draft MOU options and potential service expansions; staff were directed to continue negotiations. The board also approved amendments for a beacon replacement and design work on Independence runway rehab to preserve FAA funding.
County staff on Feb. 25 gave the Board of Supervisors an extensive update on Eastern Sierra commercial air service and airport infrastructure, and the county approved multiple airport construction and design actions.
Deputy Public Works Director Ashley Helms described capital projects at Bishop, Independence and Lone Pine airports, including runway resurfacing and grooving at Bishop, a runway safety area project in design, replacement of a World War II'era rotating beacon, and planning for an equipment storage building. Helms said the county received $2 million in…
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