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Hiawatha to Seek Grant Funds

By Greg Bebermeyer

09/08/2017

(KNZA)--The city of Hiawatha will seek grant funds through the Kansas Department of Transportation to help fund improvements at the city airport.

The City Commission Tuesday evening approved submitting six applications to KDOT for fiscal year 2019 Airport Improvement Program grant funds and authorized the mayor to sign the applications.

One application would fund the development of an airport improvement plan.

The others would fund improvements at the airport. Those include rehabilitation of the main runway lighting and beacon, installation of crosswind runway lighting, rehabilitation of the north hanger, installation of a taxiway at the north hanger and installation of a fuel farm.

If awarded, the grants would fund 85 to 95 percent of the project costs.

The total estimated project cost is placed at nearly one million dollars, with the city share at nearly $122,000.

City officials say its unlikely the city will receive all the grants requested, but hope to receive at least one.

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