(Our thanks to Jim in Augusta for sharing this news story of the GSP helicopter move.)
The Georgia State Patrol helicopter housed in Thomson soon will have a new hangar and pad at Augusta Regional Airport.
Commissioner Joe Jackson said he had pushed the move for years, but Tuesday, the Augusta Commission unanimously approved authorizing City Administrator Fred Russell to develop a plan with the Georgia Department of Public Safety to construct the hangar and pad using local sales-tax dollars.
Jackson, who chairs the commission’s Public Safety Committee, said the state patrol aircraft is outgrowing the aging space in Thomson, and the move will benefit the city through its proximity and the sale of jet fuel at the airport. More....
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