Improvements approved for county airport By Jacob Clary - jclary@aimmediamidwest.com Highland County commissioners David Daniels (left) and Terry Britton are pictured during their weekly Wednesday meeting. The Highland County Board of Commissioners approved a contract to improve the Highland County Airport at its weekly meeting Wednesday. The contract is a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) project, and Terry Britton, a member of the board of commissioners, said the project will cost about $303,570. He said the project will be a 90/10 split, where the FAA will pay for 90 percent of it — about $273,513 — and Highland County will pay for the other 10 percent.