By COLE REIF
Great Bend Post
A series of three grants for Great Bend Municipal Airport projects will be offered for the City of Great Bend’s approval over the next month or so. The city council approved a programmed amendment to the city’s Work Order #1 with Garver to complete the grant applications from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the State of Kansas. The Work Order Amendment #1 with Garver cost $65,000.
Airport Manager Martin Miller said Runway 17/35 will be rehabilitated, sealed and remarked.
"This will start the grant process," said Miller. "The FAA will send a grant offer which the city will need to accept. The State of Kansas will send two grant offers. One is for this runway project. The second will be for the design of the relocation and replacement of Runway 11/29."
The total cost of the project was estimated at $642,515, and the winning bid from American Road Construction was submitted at $493,415. Between the FAA and Kansas Department of Transportation grants, Miller estimated the city’s share will be roughly 13.5% of the project cost.