MAC tunes out Industry Realities

Start Thinking About Tomorrow: MAC tunes out the reality of an unsustainable industry that uses an unsustainable fuel.

MAC's CIP for runway 10R/28L to 5,000 ft, to the tune of $11M, set for 2009 expansion

It wasn't too long ago, pre-Mayor Young, that Scott Neal told us our worry over the airport expansion was for naught, because there were no funds. Enter Phil Young and a first ever Legislative Agenda requesting federal funds for the airport; enter the letter delivered to Federal Legislators requesting funding for the expansion on behalf of businesses and Chamber of Commerce; enter Chamber of Commerce meetings with MAC, the Mayor and a representative from the FCM Advisory Airports Commission which included a discussion of airport funding and private business involvement in securing funding; enter the Airports Advisory Commission plans to align with the Chamber in business development and marketing the airport: the result is funds that weren't even imaginable to MAC are on their CIP for 2009.

MAC's CIP, Capital Improvement Program for Flying Cloud Airport as of September 2007

Preliminary 2008-20014 MAC CIP- pgs 52-70
2008-Runway 10L/28R Extention- $900,000.00 -
2009-Runway 10R28L Exention- $11,200,000.00- (5,000ft runway)
Hangar Buidling Removal
Alleyway Rehabilitation
Pavement Rehabilitation
Runway 18/36 Reconstruction Seg 3/Lighting
South Building Area Development- 2009-2010
(Note: there is no mention of where the funds are coming from)