{"id":14694,"date":"2020-01-30T21:46:12","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T21:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=14694"},"modified":"2020-01-30T21:46:14","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T21:46:14","slug":"kdot-announces-kansas-airport-improvement-projects-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/kansas\/kdot-announces-kansas-airport-improvement-projects-2\/%20","title":{"rendered":"KDOT Announces Kansas Airport Improvement Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Twenty-three projects have been selected for Kansas Airport\nImprovement Program (KAIP) funding for the purpose of planning, constructing or\nrehabilitating public use general aviation airports, according to the Kansas\nDepartment of Transportation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

KAIP receives $5 million annually through the T-WORKS\ntransportation program and requires airport sponsors to share in the project\ncosts by paying a minimum of 5% of the total project. The KDOT\u2019s Division of\nAviation, which manages the program, considered 113 project applications this\nyear with a combined total project value of more than $27 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTransportation provides access to all things important in\nour lives and aviation is a particularly important mode of transportation for\nKansas industry,\u201d Julie Lorenz, Secretary of Transportation said. \u201cThese\nairport improvements are a few of the many important efforts to empower\naviation economic growth across our entire state. KAIP has shown great value\nthrough the years and will continue under the proposed FORWARD transportation\nprogram.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The selection board identified $4.2 million of improvements\nto address the top 15% most impactful airport improvements across the state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cAviation represents $20.6 billion in total economic impact\nfor the state of Kansas,\u201d said Bob Brock, KDOT Director of Aviation. \u201cWe\u2019ve\nassessed the remaining $23.5 million of needs and are working with communities\nto identify best-value strategic improvements through KAIP.\u201d   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Communities selected for funding and amount awarded include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Atwood \u2013 Backup generator for airfield lighting and\nAutomated Weather Observing System — $27,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Benton \u2013 15 additional parking pads along taxiway —\n$45,360<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colby \u2013 Airfield drainage and grading — $104,250<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colby \u2013 Install Automated Weather Observing System —\n$91,800<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gardner \u2013 Campus redesign, tech survey and business and\neconomic plan — $178,600<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goodland \u2013 Construct taxiway replacement — $310,612<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hugoton \u2013 Crack seal, seal coat and re-mark runway —\n$212,750<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hutchinson \u2013 Crack seal, seal coat and re-mark taxiway,\naprons and taxilane — $263,400<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Independence \u2013 Remove and replace runway markings —\n$212,250<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Newton \u2013 Install precision approach path indicators —\n$158,500<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Olathe\/Johnson County \u2013 Materials for minor maintenance\n— $7,500<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Olathe\/New Century \u2013 Mill and overlay north half of\nhangar apron — $216,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parsons \u2013 Two 10,000-gallon fuel tanks (Jet-A &\n100LL) and card reader — $225,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phillipsburg \u2013 600 feet runway extension design —\n$332,500<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pratt \u2013 Two 10,000-gallon fuel tanks (Jet-A & 100LL)\n— $200,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rose Hill \u2013 Move electrical vault — $41,650<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rose Hill \u2013 Lighting for taxiways — $85,680<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rose Hill \u2013 Aeronautical survey for instrument approach\n— $66,500<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rose Hill \u2013 Precision approach path indicator and\nwindsock — $38,610<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rose Hill \u2013 Update master plan — $28,500<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salina \u2013 Rehabilitate pavement K-State Polytechnic apron\n— $103,320<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Satanta \u2013 Crack seal, seal coat and re-mark runway —\n$141,530<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scott City \u2013 Install Automated Weather Observing System\n— $100,980<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smith Center \u2013 Construct partial parallel taxiway —\n$28,225<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tribune \u2013 Install Automated Weather Observing System —\n$158,750<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ulysses \u2013 Install Automated Weather Observing System,\nsegmented circle and wind-cone — $417,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wellington \u2013 Repair Automated Weather Observing System —\n$108,900<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wichita\/James Jabara \u2013 Runway slab replacement and\npatching — $344,000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Twenty-three projects have been selected for Kansas Airport Improvement Program (KAIP) funding for the purpose of planning, constructing or rehabilitating public use general aviation airports, according to the Kansas Department of Transportation. KAIP receives $5 million annually through the T-WORKS transportation program and requires airport sponsors to share in the project costs by paying a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kansas"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14694"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14696,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14694\/revisions\/14696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}