The Scholes International Airport at Galveston

Today, aviation activities already account for 361 jobs with a payroll of $15.8 million and an annual economic output of $42.9 million. Meanwhile, general upkeep and maintenance tops the agenda.“We just completed almost four miles of perimeter fencing this past summer,”Shah- an recounts.“In December,we kicked off Phase One of our big pavement improvement project.We’re rehabilitating our primary runway, all five taxiways, and the north hangar ramp.This is a $5.2 million project. Engineering and design for Phase Two of our pavement project will be completed in 2019. Construction will start in 2020 or possibly 2021– we’ll do our secondary runway, the south apron and south ramp. So, basically, over the next four to five years, virtually all of the 120 acres of aviation pave- ment on the Airport will be rehabilitated.” “We’re also upgrading our facilities,”he continues. “We’re getting ready to remodel and redo the con-

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