HAMMOND, Louisiana — Construction is completed at the new $1.9
million Hammond Northshore Regional Airport Control tower, after a year
of building and nearly a decade of planning.
The Daily Star reports (http://bit.ly/1ptucy3 ) it could start operations as early as mid-December.
The tower will provide the airport with increased
safety for pilots flying in and out and open the airport to larger
planes currently restricted to airports with that safety measure in
place. It will be operated by air traffic controllers from the Louisiana
Army National Guard's air operations center at the airport. The
National Guard will be providing the equipment and operating staff.
Guardsmen will scale 95 stairs daily to work from the
seven-story tower, which at present has no elevator because of a lack of
money in the original budget.
Two to four guardsmen will work each shift in the
25-square foot box, and there will be two shifts daily. The tower will
only monitor daylight traffic in and out of the airport, except in the
case of an emergency, where they may be called in full time.
"Right now we're just waiting on the generators to be
installed," said Jason Ball, airport director. "A part on the generator
was not the right one... after that it will be ready to go on our end.
The guards selected a firm to do the equipment install. They will be
here to do that on Dec. 1. After the equipment is installed, they'll
turn it all on and we'll be up and running."
Information from: The Daily Star, http://www.hammondstar.com
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