Sat, Aug 27, 2011
Lautenberg, Menendez Announce Grants To Miller Airpark, South
Jersey Regional
Robert J. Miller Airpark in Tom's River, New Jersey has
succeeded in taking another incremental step in the eventual
addition of a crosswind runway. The FAA has awarded a grant of
$299,250 to fund design of a crosswind alternative to the existing
runway 6/24, which would require about $7 million to actually
build. South Jersey Regional Airport got a $480,000 grant to revise
its master plan.
Perhaps just as exciting in the current
political climate, both New Jersey's Democratic US Senators have
spoken out in favor of the value of aviation to the state's overall
economic well-being while jointly announcing the grant.
Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (top photo) is a member of the
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and
Urban Development. He commented, "These critical investments in
South Jersey airports will upgrade and expand service for the
travelers who rely on them. Having up-to-date and reliable airports
will help to meet the traveling needs of residents, keep local
businesses thriving, and make our state a more attractive
destination."
Senator Robert Menendez (lower photo) added, "Modern and
efficient airports are key to our economic competitiveness and
travelers' safety. This investment will go towards the upgrade of
two South Jersey airports to ensure they can continue accommodating
comfortably and safely thousands of travelers each year. It will
also help boost the area's attractiveness as a tourist destination
and help create desperately needed construction jobs
immediately."
The Asbury Park Press cites Ocean County Administrator Carl W.
Block in reporting the next step in the process is getting a
memorandum of agreement among the Board of Freeholders, the FAA,
the Pinelands Commission and the New Jersey Department of
Environmental Protection. He says that's expected sometime this
fall.
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