Following through on the annual capital improvement plan put forth by the Newton City/County Airport, airport manager Brian Palmer came before the Harvey County Commission on Monday with an update — namely that ongoing projects are progressing, but one in the works will likely be delayed.
Discretionary funding from the Federal Aviation Administration for the Midwest region is not expected to be available in 2019, when plans were in place to start work on the Taxiway E project at the airport. Palmer said that will likely push the project, which was originally brought forward in 2016, back into 2020.
“We’re in the wait and see mode at this point,” Palmer said.
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