Contra Costa County Airports is about to embark on a runway pavement rehabilitation project.
Buchanan Field in Concord recently received a $5.3 million dollar grant from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
The expected project start date is April 20, 2020. This project will be completed in five phases. During the project, tenants should expect to encounter unfamiliar taxi routes, closed taxiways, closed runways, as well as substantial personnel and equipment on the airfield.
The airport team will continue to update all tenants and will post information on the Airport website as the project progresses.
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Wait so the roads still get no love
And the tiny airport gets new runways
Hmmm elections just happened I wonder who’s district the airport is in
Follow the money and the lack there of in most cases
Sounds fishy and the timing is really suspicious since no mumbling befor the elections as local roads continue to deteriorate and more higher taxes just smacked down
They are betting they can hold out and scare you into more taxes
What they will get is booted from their cushy political nest of corruption
if they persist with higher taxes and doing nothing for US with them
STILL waiting for de slacker and his town hall to push for more taxes for roads and tell us how we are stupid for not voting for more taxes
Predictable as usual
This money comes from the FAA and has been earmarked for this project for a long time. It has nothing to do with your local road funding
Even though Buchanan is on county land, it is funded and operated by the Feds.
They’re gonna pave a whole mile at the airport. With mostly federal funds. That wont pay for much road repair. And it will last decades. The other main runway was repaved several years ago.
It would make my JSX landings smoother…very nice.
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Good.
That airport is actually doing pretty well now that JetSuiteX moved in.
As an opening celebration, I would propose they do a SHIFT-S3CTER Airstrip attack racing event. My 875 HP car has very few places to go…
https://shift-s3ctor.com/
What do you have? Built 440?
Blown LS3, on E85
How about New Jerusalem airstrip a few miles southeast of Tracy?
3500′ asphalt runway in decent condition, a bit narrow. No airplanes, no buildings, no facilities, no nothing. Used occasionally by student pilots to practice touch and go landings.
When they complete this, perhaps they can work on 680.
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