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Chandler to accept FAA, ADOT grants to replace airport runway lights with LEDs
Summary
City staff told council they will accept FAA and ADOT grants to replace aging incandescent runway and taxiway lights with LED fixtures; the FAA will cover roughly 95% and ADOT about 2.5% of an approximately $1.63 million project, leaving the city's share near $40,000.
Airport staff asked Chandler council to authorize acceptance of FAA and ADOT grants to replace incandescent runway and taxiway lighting with LEDs.
Stephen Turner, speaking for the airport, said the grants are structured so "the grants we are receiving from the FAA is 95 percent" of the project's cost and another 2.5 percent comes from ADOT, leaving the city's contribution at about $40,000 for an approximately $1,630,000 project. Turner said LED fixtures are expected to last 30-plus years, and the upgrade is intended to maintain safety and support airport operations.
Vice Mayor Christine Ellis thanked Turner and asked about economic impacts; Turner said the airport remains a busy local economic engine and that improved lighting supports safety for pilots and long-term operations. Turner said the airport pursues FAA and ADOT entitlement funds annually and that the city values those partnerships.
Council had no further substantive questions after staff described funding splits and operational benefits. The item was presented as a resolution authorizing acceptance of the grants; staff will return the final documentation as part of the consent or formal action on the council agenda.
The council's study-session exchange centered on funding, safety benefit, and the long service life of LED fixtures. No final council vote on the grant resolution was recorded in the study-session transcript excerpt.
