The Abrams Municipal Airport in Grand Ledge expects to build a new 10 units T-hangar on August.
Fred
Moore,an Abrams Municipal Airport instructor said the T-hangar is a
special enclosed storage designed for private aircraft to have a rest.
“
The hangar will cost about half million dollars,” said Jon W. Bayless,
the city’s administrator and the airport manager. “ It is all made by
steel.”
In Grand Ledge City
Council meeting recently, the council did approve a plan to build a new
10 units t hangar in Abrams Municipal Airport. Grand Ledge Mayor Kalmin
D. Smith, signed the designing contract with the Michigan Department of
Transportation on Jan 29. The T-hangar will be stated in August, and
finished by October, Bayless said.
The federal government will
contribute $508,000 to the project, according to the Airport Capital
Improvement Plan from Michigan Department Of Transportation Office of
Aeronautics, State and local governments will each contribute $28,250
each to the project.
According to the airport introduction from
Grand Ledge official page, the Abrams Municipal Airport is owned and
operated by the City of Grand Ledge, and governed by the Abrams
Municipal Airport Advisory Commission, which is in charge of the
operation and management. The airport handles more than 30 flights per
day, it is mainly use for Air National Guard.
The airport has
constructed an area for 30 t-hangars to the east of the new National
Guard facility, 10 t-hangars have been constructed in 2005 and used by
airport tenants. Another 10-units T-hangar will be built in this summer
because of the engineering needs. After the 10-units T-hangar plan
complete, there are five more airport improvement plans has been
approved by Michigan Department Of Transportation Office of
Aeronautics. All these plans will come up during 2013 to 2018,
according to the Michigan Department Of Transportation Office of
Aeronautics.
Source: http://news.jrn.msu.edu
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