OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — Pauls Valley is one of several communities across Oklahoma that should see construction ramping up at their local airports over the next three years after the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission recently approved its Three-Year Capital Improvement Program (CIP) for fiscal years 2015 through 2017.
The commission’s CIP programs federal and state funds for the state’s 110 publicly owned airports that comprise the Oklahoma Airport System.
This allows federal, state and local officials to anticipate funding needs for airports and accommodate changes in project costs, scope and schedule.
The CIP is based upon anticipated funding through aviation taxes and user fees from the state and federal governments.
Also as part of its three-year CIP, the Aeronautics Commission is expected to provide Halliburton Field in Duncan, Guthrie-Edmond Regional Airport and Pauls Valley Municipal Airport with $700,000 each in state funds to repair, seal, remark and smooth their respective airport’s primary runway.
For the Pauls Valley Municipal Airport, a total of $700,000 in state funds is expected to be provided to repair, seal, remark and smooth the airport’s primary.
Funding is expected to be similar for Halliburton Field in Duncan and Guthrie-Edmond Regional Airport.
“Many businesses, such as Walmart, Love’s Country Stores, Seaboard Farms, Michelin and Weyerhaeuser, that use aircraft as a critical tool in their business, depend upon the maintenance and improvement for our airports that are in the CIP,” said Director of Aeronautics Vic Bird.
Bird explained that Oklahoma is a channeling state, which means that all airport projects, whether funded by federal or state funds, are determined by the Commission’s CIP. Projects for Oklahoma City Will Rogers, Tulsa International Airport and Lawton-Ft. Sill commercial airports are determined outside the channeling process.
Source: http://www.paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com
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