Community
Airport considers expansion plans
Public workshops discuss alternatives
By Catherine Hawley
Emerald Reporter
Malilon Sweet Airport needs
to expand to <k commodate the
ini reased air traffic expected in
Kugene over the next 20 vears.
airport officials said ,it a puhlii
workshop Wednesday
A trend toward more regional
and commuter flights, com
hilled with aggressive market
ing aimed at attracting more
airlines and more air travelers
to Malilon Sweet, means the
airport will need more runwav
space, an expanded terminal
and more room for both planes
and travelers, according to pre
sentations made at the work
shop
Officials working on a master
plan for airport development
presented three altern .five
plans for expansion at the Val
ley River Inn workshop, whii h
was designed to give Kugene
residents an opportunitv to
comment on long-term devel
opment at Malilon Sweet
"Most people have been real
l\ supportive said Barbara
Frilsi he. projei I manager for
Aviation Planning As sot i.ites.
In( the ((insulting firm work
mg with Malilon Sweet olfi
( nils to develop a master pi.in
tor the airport I think most of
them realize a good airport is
an integral part of am column
m!\
The master plan. letptiied In
the federal \\ ialion \dminis
tration. will guide planning at
the airport through the veai
200*1 So far off it lals have
evaluated the airport's current
futilities, forecasted future at
tivitv- for the next twenH vears
and determined how milt h the
airport needs to expand to ai
commodate more traffic in
the air and on the ground
Mike Hoggs airport manage!
said the airport has tried to
keep nearby residents informed
of plans and i linugex at Malilon
Sweet by letter and bv tele
phone lull added the workshop
was an opportunitv Ini airport
offi< lals to meet with citizens
fare In fa< e
"The workshops .ire realh
lost an opportunity for us In got
to know our neighbors.' said
Mike Hoggs airport manager
|ofin and |an Hrooks were
two of the airport's neighbors
who came to the publii work
shop to see hou possible ex
pansion would affei t them
"We had heard rumors about
the expansion, about whir h
side the new runway would go
on." said |ohn Hrooks "We
( ame to observe and to see
x\ b.it imp.ii t the plans would
have
Ihe Hrooks said they were
encouraged by the f.u t that the
plan most likely to be rei mu
mended would not expand run
wavs in the direction of their
home in ( dear bake Kstates
The three alternative plans
presented at Wednesday's
workshop ranged from a "Do
Nothing Plan" that would not
alter the airport s present slate
aside from a few minor mi
provemcnts. to a plan that
would add almost 1.000 feet of
runway and reipiire the airport
to add Ii7ri at res to its property
I'he sei ond alternative is i ur
rently most favored because it
would ini tease airport safety
and provide the most flexibility
for expansion, said Drew
Daniluk vice president of Avi
ation Planning
It takes projet ted demand
into consideration " Daniluk
said It protei Is the airport tor
future expansion and it pro
tec Is the neighborhoods
I lie sei ond plan would ex
lend the main runway to a total
of u.feet and add a new
runway to file east to serve
smaller planes
\ separate runway for the
smaller am i.ift would improve
airport safety significantly said
I faniluk
bo extend ihe existing lllll
yyays and build a neyy one the
airport would need to add I>7'>
at res to its property and yyould
i lose (.reenhill Road and Hnnd
Road
\ third alternative yyould
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plat e <i new runway fur smaller
am raft west of the existing
runway and would require the
airport to add .I-4J a< res
One of the three alternatives
will tie rei ommended to the
I A A for approval, probably
w ithin the next Id days.
T'ritsche said Once approval is
received. .in environmental re
view will he required to deter
mine the iinpai t ol the pro
posed expansion
There are about twenty rat
egories on the this khst in
i hiding noise wetlands,
i oaslal /ones, endangered spe
( ies and lustorii preservation
I ritsi he said
Two of the three proposed
plans i mild affect the wetlands
on airport property
The master plan should lie
i ompleted h\ May and the eu
v ironmental assessment tin
ished t>\ November
federal funds from the FA A
generated tiy taxes on airline
liikets will pay lor ‘It) percent
ol the improvements outlined
in the master plan oik e the
I A A approv es it
Two more public workshops
.ire planned to keep < ili/.ens in
formed of progress in the (level
opiuent ot the master plan
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future grad students
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