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- March 1, 2021, 8:30 AM
Traffic at Teterboro Airport dropped from 140,000 in 2019 to a little more than 70,000 in 2020.
Three years ago, the fate of Coleman A. Young International Airport outside of Detroit looked bleak. The facility had fallen into disrepair and had little community support. But when officials started discussing possibly repurposing the facility for other uses, the aviation community quickly organized and began an education campaign on how it could contribute to the local community.
The result, said Alex Gertsen, director of airports and ground infrastructure for NBAA, was a “180-degree turnaround.” The city has now submitted an airport layout plan that would include lengthening the runway and a number of safety enhancement measures.
The Global Biorisk Advisory Council (GBAC), a division of ISSA, recently announced that its established partnership and working group with the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) has led to
Southern Maine Health Care.
Central Maine Growth Council in Waterville presented its annual “2020 Developer of the Year” award to
Shane Savage, co-owner of
KVConnect, also named
Josh Kim its “2020 Emerging Leader of the Year Award” winner. Kim is founder and CEO of
the Cubby, an online marketplace exclusively for college students.
Daulton Wickenden, a personal insurance account executive at
Allen Insurance and Financial in Camden, graduated from the Safeco Producer Development program.
The University of Maine at Augusta announced that its mental health and human services bachelor’s degree program received national accreditation from the Council for Standards in Human Services Education. The five-year accreditation is the culmination of a three-year process, including a self-study and written report by the faculty of the academic program and a virtual site visit by the council’s site review team.
- January 27, 2021, 9:20 AM
Republican leaders on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (T&I) are hoping to help spur expedited airport construction projects under a new bill that facilitates the use of incentives for early completion of runways and other such work. Introduced by T&I committee ranking member Sam Graves (R-Missouri) and aviation subcommittee ranking member Garret Graves (R-Louisiana), the Expedited Delivery of Airport Infrastructure Act of 2021 (H.R. 468) would make early construction completion incentives eligible for federal grants through the Airport Improvement Program (AIP).
The bill reverses a stumbling block in place for use of AIP funds for incentives, taking an approach in use for road and bridge projects, the lawmakers said. Under the bill, the incentives must be for projects that would increase capacity and efficiency and result in cost savings as a result of the shortened project. In addition, the bill would cap the incentives to 5 pe