City seeks $96k for airport improvements

May 18, 2010

The Belen City Council last night approved two resolutions to secure state support and funding for improvements to Belen Alexander Airport.

The city is expected to receive nearly $96,000 in grant funding from the state and federal governments for asphalt paving crack seal, coal-tar penetrating seal, and pavement markings at the airport.

The intent of the work is to preserve the existing runway.

While the federal government will pay 95 percent of the project costs, the state and city each will pay two and a half percent.

According to Robert Uecker, the airport’s director, the city will recover some of its contribution to the project from the gross receipts the city will receive from the work.

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