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More than 100 people attended the Glenwood Springs Municipal Airport listening session Thursday, leaving a range of comments — mostly in favor of keeping the airport as-is — for the city to review.
Some Glenwood Springs City Council members already support extending a Public Improvement Fee (PIF) at Glenwood Meadows, but the body delayed making a decision for 60 days to better ascertain the potential benefits.
Glenwood Springs City Council shot down a development moratorium Nov. 18 after unanimously proposing the idea Nov. 4.
If approved by the voters, about $5.5 million raised through taxes and bonds could be used to fund the Glenwood Springs airport runway tunnel, and approximately $7 million could go to airport improvements, such as a new FBO, hangars, a fuel farm, perimeter fencing, taxiway lighting and seal coating for the runway every five years for the next 20.
The fate of the Glenwood Springs Municipal Airport rests squarely on the voters' shoulders.