Jetway, other airport projects get grant dollars

Bismarck (CSi) The North Dakota Aeronautics Commission has awarded Jamestown Regional Airport with grant dollars to fund projects.

The Jetway Passenger Board Bridge project that totaled $126,820 was funded in a grant of $88,774, the requested amount, or 70 percent.

The Jamestown City Council passed a  Resolution to approve the request from Jamestown Regional Airport for a loan from the City for up to 50% of $126,000 for five (5) years for the purchase of a Jet way passenger-boarding bridge  for the airport.

The Terminal Secure Area Expansion was funded for $14,400, or 90-percent of the requested amount.

Other Jamestown projects funded included:

Wetland Reduction Phase II work at $62,500, or five percent of the total project costs.

The Wildlife Hazard Assessment was funded at $4,500, or five percent of the total project costs.

The West Hangar Taxilane Reconstruction at a cost of $183,000 was not funded.

The request was for $164,700.

The purchase of a New Operations/Maintenance Vehicle was not funded.

The total cost was $$40,000 with the request at $20,000.