Details released on new airport bond; property acquisition

SUBMITTED ::: The following press release was on Thursday afternoon issued by Dick Morrow, who serves as a city of Griffin commissioner and chairman of the Griffin-Spalding County Airport Authority. At 10:41 this morning, I received a telephone call from Carla Sands, acting director GDOT Aviation, that the FAA, Washington, DC, had approved our new […]

New airport at standstill pending federal approval

SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: Although officials of the city of Griffin, Spalding County and the Griffin-Spalding County Airport Authority have approved plans to move the proposed new airport forward, it remains at a standstill pending Federal Aviation Administration approval. Dick Morrow, who serves on the Griffin Board of Commissioners and as chairman of the Airport […]

GDoT, FAA agree to lower local costs for proposed new airport

SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: Officials of the city of Griffin and Spalding County have received notification from Carla Sands, the Georgia Department of Transportation’s acting aviation director, that the Federal Aviation Authority has agreed to a proposal that will require $6.3 million local funding for the proposed new airport rather than the previous up-front cost […]