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Eugene Airport seeks nontraditional funding to avoid 30‑year delay on Concourse C buildout
Summary
Airport director told Lane County commissioners that about $208 million in enabling funding is identified for EUG projects but an additional ~$240 million remains unfunded; the airport will launch a 6–9 month feasibility study to evaluate nontraditional funding (PFC bonds, grants, benefactors, public‑private partnerships) to accelerate Concourse C and related projects.
Catherine Stevens, director of the Eugene Airport, updated Lane County commissioners Dec. 9 on a package of renovation and expansion projects intended to relieve terminal gate capacity constraints and support future nonstop routes.
Stevens said passenger counts at EUG have risen since 2019 and the terminal reached gate capacity in May 2021. She said the airport has identified roughly $208 million in funding for an initial set of enabling projects (federal grants, passenger facility charges, airport revenue and potential bonding) but that an additional roughly…
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