Governor Doyle approves $918,000 project at Stevens Point Municipal Airport

April 30, 2008

Governor Jim Doyle has approved a $918,150 project to install an instrument landing system (ILS) and a partial parallel taxiway at the Stevens Point Municipal Airport. The Governor's action releases $918,150 in federal funds to complete the project.

According to Mike Gabor, airport engineering specialist with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, the federal funds will be used to complete an environmental assessment, provide design and construction engineering, provide approach clearing and land easements, and construct and install the landing system. The instrument landing system will provide needed guidance for aircraft into the airport during marginal weather conditions. Many local businesses will benefit from the enhanced instrument landing system.

The project is expected to begin in May 2008 and will be completed by October 2008.

Stevens Point Municipal Airport is located three miles northeast of the city of Stevens Point in Portage County. The airport consists of two runways that together accommodate some 37,000 aircraft take-offs and landings each year. A newly completed business/industrial park south of the city has attracted businesses that depend on the airport to conduct their business operations.

For more information, contact:
Mike Gabor, WisDOT Airport Engineering Specialist
(608) 267-5021, michael.gabor@dot.state.wi.us