and last updated 2021-04-22 11:18:55-04
A $13.5-million grant-funded runway rehabilitation project is set to get underway soon at the San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport.
Airport officials say pre-construction work is complete and construction is expected to get underway in the beginning of July. A completion date has been set for early fall.
The project will upgrade the main runway, its taxiway connectors and the entire runway lighting system, but it will not expand the runway or change the use of the property.
âThe rehabilitation project will correct issues with the aging runway pavement, bring the airport in line with the latest federal safety standards, and provide a more energy efficient runway lighting system,â said Courtney Johnson, director of airports, in a press release. âWe look forward to working with our partners at Granite Construction Company and Mead & Hunt to complete this project on time and with minimal impact to our passengers.â
The waves along Central Coast can tell you a lot about our changing climate, and here s why.
The Diablo Canyon Power Plant s Waverider Buoy has measured wave heights and periods since June 1983 and directions since June 1996 and is one of the longest continuous-wave monitoring stations along the West Coast.
Scripps Institute of Oceanography’s Coastal Data Information Program (CDIP) maintains an extensive network of buoys that monitor waves along the coastlines of the United States. You can view the historical wave data archive from Diablo Canyon and other stations at the CDIP database at https://cdip.ucsd.edu.
In the 36-plus years that the waverider buoys have been deployed off the Pecho Coast, the wave archive indicates about a 5 percent increase in longer-period wave events, linked directly to a pattern of more intense storms in the Northern Pacific with lower air pressures and stronger winds due to climate change.