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East Hampton officials outline $6.5 million airport upgrade plan and schedule March public hearing

East End News on LTV · February 6, 2026

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Summary

East Hampton Town is preparing to borrow funds and is proposing a 15% landing-fee increase and a 2' per-gallon fuel flowage-fee rise to help pay for airport upgrades including runway repairs, a $431,000 emergency generator, and an engineering study for a permanent tower; a public hearing is set for March at Town Hall.

East Hampton Town is preparing to borrow money for airport improvements and to comply with a court order preserving the airport's public status, East End News reported. Town statements described proposed revenue measures, capital projects and a public hearing scheduled for March at 6 p.m. at Town Hall.

The town is weighing a 15% increase in landing fees and a 2' per-gallon increase in fuel flowage fees to support operations. Capital costs discussed on air included an emergency generator estimated at $431,000 that town and emergency responders say could provide power to the terminal during outages; runway Main 1028 repairs estimated at about $534,000; a full repaving and painting of Runway 1634 estimated at $2.7 million; a $200,000 replacement of the fuel farm control panel; and a $650,000 engineering study for a permanent air-traffic-control tower. The broadcast summarized an overall estimate discussed by town representatives of roughly $6.5 million for construction.

An on-air town official (identified in the report as airport manager Jim Brundage) said the town is "committed to operating a safe and properly maintained facility without cost to taxpayers" and stressed that revenues must be sufficient to pay for projects. An EMS responder interviewed on air described the emergency generator as a high priority for medevac operations.

What happens next: the town scheduled a public hearing for March, inviting community comment before any borrowing or formal votes; the broadcast did not record a final town-board vote or a financing schedule.