jamestownAirportsign002Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Regional Airport Authority has accepted two project grants, from the Federal Aviation Administration.

Airport Manager Sam Seafeldt says the grants that will cover 90 percent of the engineering phases for a $37,000 runway taxi lane reconstruction and a $120,000 wetland reduction project that were previously approved by the Jamestown Regional Airport Authority.

When the $65,000 funding request from the county to cover the airport’s portion of the construction phase is secured, the FAA will release $263,000 to complete the taxi lane and $1.3 million to complete the wetlands project.

Both projects also received 5 percent funding from the North Dakota Aeronautics Association.

The wetlands mitigation project drains 21.5 acres of wetland just northeast of the airport, reducing the likelihood of wildlife becoming attracted to the area around the airport, an FAA priority project. As part of the mitigation costs the airport will purchase other wetland-protected areas.