New drainage pipes for Brunswick Golden Isles Airport
The Brunswick Golden Isles Airport kicked off 2010 with a drainage project aimed at replacing rusty 60-year-old pipes with modern, long-lasting concrete pipes.
The current pipes are old corrugated metal and are deteriorating to the point where they're failing in some areas. Around the airport perimeter, roadway drainage crossings will be replaced to ensure access to the airport by all maintenance, security and emergency vehicles. Finally, ditches between the runway and the taxiway, which now hold standing water and attract birds and waterfowl, will be closed.
Phase 1 of the project should be completed in mid-September at a cost of $2.9 million. The FAA is paying 95 percent of the cost, with the state of Georgia and the airport commission splitting the remaining cost.
In March, the FAA notified the airport commission of a $3.4 million award that will enable the commission to complete the project. Phase 2 is expected to start in mid-August. The contract was awarded to Seaboard Construction.
McKinnon airplane parking ramp completed
Aircraft have a new place to park at McKinnon St. Simons Island Airport now that the main concrete parking ramp has been completely rebuilt. The massive project to replace a cracked, 60-year-old ramp was completed in May 2010.
The project involved removing the old parking ramp, or apron, and laying down 520,076 square feet of replacement concrete 10 inches thick. The concrete was poured on top of a six-inch stone base made from crushed concrete. The resulting ramp is designed to hold typical general aviation airplanes weighing some 45,000 pounds, as well as the occasional 90,000-pound airplane.
The 2,300-foot-long ramp, together with new lighting, fencing, and asphalt cut-throughs to the taxiway, was completed on time, on budget. The $6 million concrete project was one of the first "shovel-ready" projects to receive an aviation federal stimulus grant in 2009.
* Progress at Glynn County Airports is updated quarterly.
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