SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: The Spalding County Board of Commissioners has given the final local approval required for the proposed new airport to move forward. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) involving local governmental entities and the Federal Aviation Administration was required for the project to proceed. The Griffin-Spalding County Airport Authority on Oct. 13 approved […]
County approves final step in approval process for new airport
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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 […]
County BoC tables new airport bond referendum; potential “alternative funding source” referenced
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: The Spalding County Commission has tabled its vote on a referendum calling a general obligation bond that was to appear on the November general election ballot. Cited as the reason for postponing action on the bond was a potential alternate funding source. No specific details were provided regarding that funding source, […]
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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 […]
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