City of Stillwater NEWS | For Immediate Release
Stillwater Regional Airport celebrates runway project completion with ribbon-cutting
(STILLWATER, OKLA. / Oct. 21, 2009) — The Stillwater Regional Airport Director Gary Johnson (center) was helped by Ms. Hagan's Sangre Ridge kindergarten class during the ribbon-cutting ceremony that celebrated the reopening of Runway 17-35 this Wednesday.
The runway rehabilitation project was funded by a $5.9M grant from the American Recovery and Reinvestments Act of 2009, and it was one of the largest airport projects funded in Oklahoma.
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Stillwater City Council Darrell Dougherty (left) congratulates Gary Johnson, Stillwater Regional Airport director, on the completion of the ARRA project. Stillwater Regional Airport’s main runway is the fifth longest civilian runway in the state of Oklahoma and can accommodate up through a Boeing 757-size aircraft. |
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Senator Jim Halligan (R-Stillwater) speaks at ribbon-cutting ceremony
photo by Zach Ahern |
Project Partners include the following: Federal Aviation Administration, Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission, TTK Construction Company Inc, Stillwater City Council, Stillwater Regional Airport Authority, Stillwater City Managers Office, Stillwater City Attorneys Office, FAA Facilities and Equipment, LBR Inc., RVA Inc. (Air Traffic Control), and Stillwater Regional Airport staff.
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Stillwater Regional Airport to host ribbon-cutting for reopening Runway 17-35 on Oct. 21
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(STILLWATER, OKLA. / Oct. 13, 2009) — The public is invited to a ribbon-cutting celebrating the reopening of Runway 17-35 at the Stillwater Regional Airport Wednesday, Oct. 21. The ceremony starts at 1:15 p.m. in Airport Terminal Building, 2020 W. Airport Rd.
The runway rehabilitation project was funded by a $5.9M grant from the American Recovery and Reinvestments Act of 2009, and it was one of the largest airport projects funded in Oklahoma. Other Oklahoma airports receiving the ARRA funding included Will Rogers World Airport, Wiley Post, Bartlesville, Okmulgee and Pauls Valley.
Completed in a record three months, the project was one of the first ARRA airport projects to be completed in the Federal Aviation Administration's southwest region.
'We are very excited about the completion of this project. Work began June 1 and was completed by Sept. 3 in time to for the first home OSU football game," Gary Johnson, airport director, said.
While construction was underway, local users were able to use a secondary runway. "They were patient with the whole process. Now, users—corporate, private and Big 12 sports—will benefit from the new concrete runway," he said.
The new concrete runway is safer and will cost a lot less to maintain. "The asphalt that we had had been put down in 1993 had reached its service life and was creating debris that could have damaged an aircraft," Johnson explained.
Stillwater Regional Airport’s main runway is the fifth longest civilian runway in the state of Oklahoma and can accommodate up through a Boeing 757-size aircraft.
Scheduled to help with the ceremony will be Ms. Hagan kindergarten class from Sangre Ridge Elementary School. "The kindergarten class represents our future leaders as they help celebrate the new runway paving as a part of airport's role in economic development of Stillwater," Johnson said.
Project Partners include the following: Federal Aviation Administration, Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission, TTK Construction Company Inc, Stillwater City Council, Stillwater Regional Airport Authority, Stillwater City Managers Office, Stillwater City Attorneys Office, FAA Facilities and Equipment, LBR Inc., RVA Inc. (Air Traffic Control), and Stillwater Regional Airport staff.
For more information, call (405) 742-8362 or e-mail news@stillwater.org.
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Updated: $5.9M in airport stimulus money lands in Stillwater
(STILLWATER, OKLA. / May 22, 2009) — On May 22, 2009, the Stillwater City Council and the Stillwater Airport Authority met in joint session to make history by approving bids and signing a grant application with FAA to receive a record $5,9M grant. In March Mayor Roger McMillian received notice that Stillwater Regional Airport was identified as one of six airports in Oklahoma to receive funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The $5.9 million-dollar grant represents 36 percent of $16.4 million dollars allocated to Oklahoma Airports. Additionally, the $5.9 million dollars represents the largest grant ever received by the Airport Authority and the City of Stillwater.
Airport Director Gary Johnson commented on receipt of the funding, “On behalf of the Airport Authority and City of Stillwater, we are elated about the stimulus funding coming to Stillwater Regional Airport. The rehabilitation of the south 4,800 feet of Runway 17-35 has been a number one priority for the Airport Authority for the last five years. This grant is a testimony of the partnership which exists between the SW Region of the FAA, the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission, the City of Stillwater, the Mayor, the City Manager, Airport Engineers LBR, Inc. and the Airport Authority."
The grant will be used to rehabilitate the south 4,800 feet of RW 17-35 at Stillwater Regional Airport. The City of Stillwater/Airport Authority received bids from four prospective bidders vying for the contract. During the May 22 joint meeting of the City Council/Airport Authority TTK Construction Company Inc. of Edmond, was awarded the contract in the amount of $4,294,226.19. Once construction contracts and bonding are complete, a notice to proceed to start construction will be issued to the successful bidder. The construction project is scheduled for 100 calendars days with a notice to proceed no later than May 27, 2009.
Stillwater Regional Airport’s main runway is the fifth longest civilian runway in the state of Oklahoma and can accommodate up through Boeing 757 size aircraft.
Chairman of the Stillwater Regional Airport Authority David Cockrell said, “It’s a great opportunity for the City of Stillwater to enhance its airport and we’re sure this contractor will do a great and timely job.”
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$5.9M in airport stimulus money lands in Stillwater
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Stillwater Regional Airport will receive $5.9 million in economic stimulus money. Stillwater will use the money to rehabilitate the south portion of its primary runway 17/35. The grant is the largest awarded to any Oklahoma airport. |
(STILLWATER, OKLA. / March 23, 2009) — Mayor Roger McMillian announced that the Stillwater Regional Airport will receive $5.9 million in economic stimulus money.
Stillwater will use the money to rehabilitate the south portion of its primary runway. The grant is the largest awarded to any Oklahoma airport, representing 36 percent of the $16.4 million allotted to Oklahoma airports.
“This money will create jobs in the area, but it is also an investment in the airport’s infrastructure that will provide for long-term safety for our travelers and the region’s continued economic development,” McMillian said.
The stimulus grant is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, which was signed into law by President Barack Obama. The focus of the $787 billion stimulus bill was public works projects that were deemed “ready-to-go.”
Director of the Stillwater Regional Airport Gary Johnson said, “On behalf of the Airport Authority and City of Stillwater, we are elated about the stimulus funding. The rehabilitation of the south 4,800 ft. of Runway 17-35 has been a number one priority for the Stillwater Airport Authority for the last five years.”
Stillwater’s airport received the large grant because the Federal Aviation Administrations ranking system which gave greater weight to runway projects.
McMillian said “The work that Director Gary Johnson and the Airport Authority did to secure these funds for Stillwater was outstanding. It helped Stillwater receive funding over several other applicants.”
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