Tue, Feb 02, 2010
FAA Recently Denied Such The Request
The Venice, Florida City Council has paid about $700,000 to a
consulting firm in an effort to press its case to downgrade Venice
Municipal Airport (KVNC). The FAA had sent a letter to the city
council last month denying the request.
Council members have long pushed for a shorter runway in an
attempt to remove about 24 homes and a golf course from the airport
safety zone. They are also fighting a local FBO's attempt to build
new hangar facilities at the airport, and have recently been more
public about their desire to limit jet traffic at the facility, a
move the FAA opposes.
The Sarasota Herald Tribune reports that the FAA has the
authority to withhold state and federal money for planned runway
improvements from the city, and require them to spend money from
their local airport improvement fund for that purpose. The city
used money from the fund to pay the consultants to file the plan
opposed to the improvements. The paper reports that a majority of
the council supports rejecting the FAA AIP grant.
A former FAA official told the paper that the city is obligated
to follow FAA rules because it has accepted FAA funding in the
past. It also may not discriminate against any particular type of
aircraft.
A plan proposed by a consulting firm to shift runway 4-22 515
feet to the east, which would have had the effect of removing the
golf course and homes from the safety zone, was rejected by the
council despite the fact that the FAA would have likely picked up
the $3 million price tag for the move. The runway is reportedly in
a poor state of repair. But Vice Mayor Sue Lang said that was
unacceptable because "We will proceed to have heavier and heavier
jets."
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