CCG News Release Commissioners adopt Airport Master Plan
News Release
For more information, contact: Vivian D. Laxton, (WAB) Public Information Administrator, 410-386-2973
For Immediate Release
Commissioners adopt Airport Master Plan
June 12, 2007 – 4:04 PM
Citing safety concerns and a need to increase
The 2-1 vote was to pursue the Technical Advisory Group’s recommended Alternative 3.
Commissioners Julia W. Gouge and Dean L. Minnich supported the measure, while Commissioner Michael D. Zimmer opposed it.
The plan calls for the runway to be relocated 250 feet west and 600 feet north.
The expected $56 million cost will be funded primarily by the Federal Aviation Administration’s trust fund (95 percent).
The remaining 5 percent will be evenly split between the Maryland Aviation Administration and revenue generated by the airport’s users.
New hangars will be paid for by private enterprises.
“If we had opted to rehabilitate the present runway, the airport would be closed for the better part of a year,” Commissioner Gouge said after the vote. “It is important to note that the county will address all the issues identified in the environmental assessment, which will be reviewed by numerous agencies.”
After the results of the environmental study are known, the Board of County Commissioners will vote on whether to proceed with extending the runway. Construction could begin in 2011.
A new runway would be operational sometime in 2013. It is expected to create “significant economic and fiscal returns” for the county, according to a study by the Sage Policy Group.
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