Master Plan Update (pdf) - Lansing/Capital City Airport

Capital Region Airport Authority
Capital City Airport Master Plan Update
Exhibit 4-12
ALTERNATIVE BUSINESS PARK/AIRPORT COMPATIBLE DEVELOPMENT SITES
4.4.3.3 Storm Water Management
Proper storm water management must be ensured for future development of all the above detailed
airside and landside improvements. As more impervious surfaces such as runways, taxiways,
aprons, parking lots, roads, etc. are constructed, storm water infrastructure such as detention
ponds and drainage ditches must also be planned and constructed in order to prevent ponding or
flooding. To support that growth land dedicated to storm water runoff retention and detention
should be maintained within the existing and proposed Airport boundaries. Suggested areas
include land lying under runway approaches, parcels that do not have proper access, and tracts
that may not be suitable for development due to environmental consideration. Existing storm water
infrastructure must also be considered as part of the overall development of the Airport, as some
portions of the proposed improvements affect systems already in place.
Specifically, the extension of Runway 10R-28L to the east, which was been started in 2004,
impacts the Reynolds Drain. The Reynolds Drain, which is a county owned storm water
conveyance channel, runs north to south along the eastern periphery of the Airport. In order to
extend the runway as proposed the drainage ditch must be partially enclosed. An enclosure of this
type has already occurred within the Airport boundary, where the current Runway 10L-28R now
lies. For that application, the Airport placed several hundred feet of a branch of the Reynolds Drain
into underground conveyance pipes.
Accomplished in order to provide the necessary runway safety areas for Runway 10L-28R, that
conveyance system would require extension and revision to support the proposed mid-field
Alternatives 4-34 Final