Show 1 s. s s r rw fi 4 k r K f Y Y v Sr A L Aie a t Y p i i DRAINING AT THE VERNAL AIRPORT Is a major malor problem The west portion of the new wind cross-wind runway will be lined Airport runway project to be finished this year Construction Company is over half through with the construction of drains and grade preparations on the new west east-west runway at Vernal Municipal Airport A company spokesman stated they planned to finish the paving before with drain pipe to move underground water from the area The east portion of the runway is ready for surfacing I winter sets in probably another month The wind cross-wind runway project was bid by at in July The project includes construction of a foot r runway 60 feet wide paving construction of drains lighting and painting and marking the runway The west east runway crosses the main south north-south runway at atthe atthe atthe the north end and is needed for smaller aircraft when the prevailing west west westwind wind makes landing on the south north runway almost impossible Even though the bid was about over the engineers engineer's estimate the project was as approved by the Federal Aviation Administration who is paying 91 percent of the cost Mat Matching hing funds are being contributed for the project by bythe bythe bythe the State Aeronautics Commission Commission Com Com- mission 4 45 5 percent Uintah County percent and Vernal City 1125 perce percent C Property for the west east runway has been owned by the Municipal airport for the past 20 years in anticipation of the day when the runway would be built |