Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Airport begins Phase II repairs. Barstow-Daggett (KDAG), Daggett, California.

Repairs can now start on the Barstow-Dagget Airport, two months after all Federal Aviation Agency projects were in limbo because of an agency shutdown.

The County Board of Supervisors unanimously accepted the $1.9 million FAA improvement grant for Phase II of the Barstow-Daggett repairs, which includes an upgrade of the airport’s electrical system from the 1940s. The board also approved the bid for PB Americas Inc. to do the construction on the project.

The airport had applied for the grant in July, with the intention to open up the bidding process in mid-August, but that was temporarily put on hold in early August when the FAA’s funding ran out. However, Congress voted that month to continuing funding the FAA, and the airport was able to start the bidding process on schedule.

Mike Williams, director of airports for the county, said the improvements should be completed by the end of the year.

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