Elizabethton airport to get improvements
From Staff Reports
The state's Transportation Department has approved
a request for financial assistance for renovation of the airplane
hangar and sealcoating improvements to the Elizabethton Municipal
Airport.
State lawmakers Sen. Rusty Crowe, R-Johnson City,
and Rep. Jerome Cochran, R-Elizabethton, announced Tuesday
that Transportation Commissioner Gerald Nicely signed off
on a request for financial assistance for renovation projects
at the airport.
"We are pleased to learn that Commissioner Nicely
and TDOT have approved this project for the Elizabethton Airport,"
said Crowe in a released statement.
Fifty percent of the project is funded through
the state with an equal match provide from local dollars.
The restoration includes hangar roof repairs
and sealcoating. The approval is subject to an acceptable
bid on the project. After the bid-letting process, TDOT will
work with airport officials to complete the contract stage.
The city of Elizabethton's revised $1.25 million
capital outlay note issued earlier this year that funds several
public works projects included $50,000 for the extension of
the airport runway.
