Governor Doyle approves $2,354,000 project at Wittman Regional Airport

July 30, 2009

Governor Jim Doyle today announced an American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) award to make needed improvements at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh.  The $2,354,000 project will reconstruct Runway 18/36.

According to Terry Ripp, airport engineering specialist with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, the project will replace severely cracked and aged Portland cement concrete that was constructed in 1967.

The first phase of the project is scheduled to begin in August 2009 and should be completed by November 2009.

Facilities at Wittman Regional Airport include four paved runways that accommodate over 103,000 aircraft take-offs and landings each year.  The airport also hosts the annual AirVenture event (formerly called the EAA Fly-In), which attracts more than 10,000 aircraft and over half a million people each year.

For more information, contact: 
Terry Ripp, Airport Engineering Specialist
(608) 267-7108, terry.ripp@dot.wi.gov