Fence To Be Completed At MidAmerica Airport
BELLEVILLE, IL (June 22, 2001) -- A Granite City company will install a fence to keep deer and other animals from running into airplanes at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport, thanks to a contract approved by the St. Clair County Public Building Commission at its meeting on Thursday.
Granite Inc. will construct the fence at a maximum cost of $215,329. The 12-foot tall fence will connect the two ends of the existing security fence.
Floyd "Rick" Hargrove, the director of MidAmerica Airport, said construction could begin in early September, and he hopes the fence will be up in October.
In Other Airport Business
The Public Building Commission also approved an extension of a contract for wetlands monitoring and management services near the airport for a maximum of $75,000. TAMS, a Chicago engineering firm, will do the work.
The commission also voted to allow the St. Clair County Transit District to run shuttles from the airport to Scott Air Force Base for the open house and air show June 30-July 1. Anyone attending the air show will be able to park at the airport.
In Other Metro East Transportation News
According to U.S. Rep. Jerry Costello, D-Belleville, the U.S. House Appropriations Committee has approved $31.088 million for the St. Clair County Metro Link extension, money that already was promised. The committee also approved $5 million for the Bi-State Development Agency to purchase buses.
Information provided by the Belleville News-Democrat
David Van Den Berg Article © Belleville News-Democrat
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