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PAGE 2 - MADISON MESSENGER - <strong>November</strong> 8, <strong>2020</strong><br />
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Airport plans runway rehabilitation<br />
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Funding changes are allowing the <strong>Madison</strong> County Airport to<br />
start two major improvement projects ahead of schedule.<br />
The first is rehabilitation of the runway, a project estimated to<br />
cost $1.5 million. Traditionally, the Federal Aviation Administration<br />
covers 90 percent of the cost of such improvements. The local<br />
airport authority then picks up either 5 percent or 10 percent, depending<br />
on state contributions.<br />
This year, however, due to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic<br />
Security (CARES) Act, the FAA is fully funding all projects<br />
already in the works. The <strong>Madison</strong> County Airport Authority began<br />
the design and engineering phase for the runway overhaul last year.<br />
Without the local share obligation, the airport is retaining $75,000<br />
to $150,000 in funding for other projects.<br />
With full funding in place, the runway job can go out to bid this<br />
coming spring. Work should begin mid-summer, said Bill Laney,<br />
airport authority board president. Once work starts, the airport will<br />
be closed for 25 to 45 days.<br />
As for the need for rehabilitation of the runway, Laney said, “Age<br />
is the main thing. There gets a point in asphalt’s life where it needs<br />
to be redone.”<br />
The Ohio Department of Transportation inspected the runway<br />
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PRESIDENTIAL RACE<br />
Local Tallies<br />
Here is how <strong>Madison</strong> County voted in the<br />
presidential race:<br />
Joseph Biden/Kamala Harris (D) ....5,558<br />
Howie Hawkins/Angela Walker ............46<br />
Jo Jorgensen/Spike Cohen (L) ..........260<br />
Donald Trump/Michael Pence (R) ..13,445<br />
and deemed it in need of replacement. Laney said the runway has<br />
been in service for at least 15 years. He noted there are no plans to<br />
lengthen it.<br />
The airport authority had planned to use some of the entitlement<br />
funds it receives from the FAA each year to pay the local share of<br />
the runway project. While that is not necessary now, the airport<br />
must use some of those entitlement funds for another project in<br />
2021. Otherwise, the money goes back to the FAA for redistribution.<br />
So, with input from the FAA and consultants, the airport authority<br />
is moving forward with a runway lighting project that was<br />
originally scheduled to be done three to four years from now.<br />
The airport has started the design phase. The estimated cost of<br />
the project is $500,000 to $600,000. Laney expects the work to be<br />
done next fall. The FAA will fund at least 90 percent of the project.<br />
The rest of the funding structure is not yet set.<br />
Using local funds, the airport authority has started to replace or<br />
add doors to various hangars at the airport to make them more desirable<br />
to potential renters.<br />
On Nov. 3, the <strong>Madison</strong> County commissioners approved the appointment<br />
of Eric Dust, a tenant at the airport and a <strong>Madison</strong><br />
County resident, to the airport authority board.<br />
The <strong>Madison</strong> County Airport is located at 1281 U.S. Route 40,<br />
London. For more information, call (740) 852-5040.<br />
U.S. CONGRESSIONAL/STATE SENATE RACES - Local Tallies<br />
Here is how <strong>Madison</strong> County voted in the U.S. congressional and<br />
state senate races:<br />
U.S. Representative - 15th District<br />
Joel Newby (D) ................................4,434<br />
Steve Stivers (R)............................14,409<br />
State Senator 74th District<br />
Bill Dean (R) ..................................14,748<br />
State Senator 10th District<br />
Charles Ballard (D) ..........................4,625<br />
Robert Hackett (R) ........................13,963<br />
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