County gets cash to study airport upgrades
JANESVILLE — The Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport will get $480,000 in state grant money for improvements.
The county will spend $120,000 of its own money as part of the project.
The airport will get new snow-removal equipment, according to a news release from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.
Design work for terminal upgrades will include changing the location of the airport manager’s office, making changes to meet the Americans with Disabilities Act standards and making energy efficiency upgrades.
The Rock County Board in September authorized staff to seek the grant money. At the time, Airport Director Ron Burdick described the terminal as “as looking like a 1950s train station.”
The décor includes a glass wall through which diners at Kealy’s Airport Kafe enjoy a view of the runway. It’s a nice view but energy-inefficient, Burdick said.
Security upgrades could include new lights and gates.
The design phase of the project is expected to be finished this summer, according to the news release. The county could budget money in 2011 for the construction, Burdick previously said.
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Feb 23, 2010 at 11:35 a.m.
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JP Cullen is going to be done with that parking ramp soon and will need another pork project to line their pockets. You know that is the only reason why it is even being considered.
Feb 16, 2010 at 2:15 p.m.
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Passenger aviation isn't coming back to Rock County Airport (aka Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport). Everyone drives or catches the bus to the Madison or Chicago airport. between the extra regulation of air traffic and the increased costs of aviation, private flying isn't *taking off*, either. It's ok to do repair work on the building and give it a coat of paint, but there's no financial return on remodeling it.
I thinks somebody's special interest group wants a fancier and larger building for their annual air shows. How about passing the collection plate at the next air show for a new building?
Feb 16, 2010 at 1:37 p.m.
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Yeah, on hwy. 51 between Janesville and Beloit.
Feb 16, 2010 at 11:15 a.m.
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Rock County has an airport?
Feb 16, 2010 at 11:14 a.m.
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Why the negative comments? For people who actually use this facility it's very convenient and you don't have to come in to Chicago or Rockford and have a long drive. I'm all for the proposal.
Feb 16, 2010 at 10:18 a.m.
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Lets put the $11 million dollar ice rink there!
Feb 16, 2010 at 9:59 a.m.
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...and we can get there via underground bike path.
Feb 15, 2010 at 10:49 p.m.
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We should freeze modifications to the terminal and make it a 1950's Air Travel Museum. They can put the Children's Museum in the basement.
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