Governor Doyle approves additional $255,000 for projects at Eagle River Union Airport

September 26, 2007

Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle has approved an additional $254,948 for projects funded last month at the Eagle River Union Airport. The additional funds bring the project total to $676,000. The work involves purchasing land, designing an apron reconstruction and expansion, and completing an emergency repair of the runway. 

The Governor’s action releases an additional $6,374, for a total of $16,900 in state funds to reimburse the Eagle River Union Airport for land purchased under the approach to Runway 4, provide design engineering services for reconstruction and expansion of the airport’s main apron and fix a depression in the primary runway. The Eagle River Union Airport Commission is contributing an additional $6,374, for a total of $16,900, and the Federal Aviation Administration is providing an additional $242,200, for a total of $642,200.

Along with the primary runway, facilities at the Eagle River Union Airport include a recently paved 3,400-foot crosswind runway. There are over 40 aircraft based at the airport and approximately 21,000 aircraft operations (take-offs and landings) each year.  

For information contact:
Matt Malicki, WisDOT Airport Development Engineer
(608) 266-0902, matthew.malicki@dot.state.wi.us