Governor Doyle approves $276,129 project at Hartford Municipal Airport

June 4, 2009

Governor Jim Doyle has approved a $276,129 project to construct a snow removal equipment building and buy a box plow attachment for snow removal machinery at the Hartford Municipal Airport.  The Governor’s action releases $6,903 in state funds for the project and the city of Hartford is contributing $6,904.   The Federal Aviation Administration is providing $262,322.

According to Matt Malicki, airport development engineer with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, the project will help protect the federal, state and local investment in the airport equipment by enabling it to be stored in a heated facility.  Additionally, the box plow attachment for the snow removal equipment will allow the airport to plow more efficiently near hangars and other airport buildings.

The project is scheduled to be completed by August 2009.

Along with the primary runway, facilities at the Hartford Municipal Airport include a 2,250-foot turf airstrip.  There are some 70 aircraft based at the airport and approximately 16,000 aircraft operations (take-offs and landings) each year.

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