Show County to apply for airport improvement The Vernal Municipal Airport board has voted to apply for federal funding to relocate and build a new commercial airline airport terminal The new terminal will be located south of the east-west near the center of the main north-south Access to the new terminal is from East According to engineering plans the entire terminal project will cost about and Include a new taxi-way system to the parking a new access roadway and a parking About 20 acres of land will be required for the The new square foot terminal building will cost around with the remainder of the one-half million dollars going for land acquisition and terminal access according to engineer The Vernal airport is now eligible for funds at the end of fiscal 1980 for ticket sales on Frontier The Vernal airport could also pick up additional contingency funds which are not being used by other airports to assist with the airport improvement The Federal Aviation Administration and the State Aeronautics board will participate In funding airport projects up to nearly 95 For the terminal building funding only about one-half outside funding is For the new terminal project Uintah County and Vernal City expect to raise about to accompany the federal and state The local money can be raised by issuing revenue The old terminal does not meet FAA standards or federal laws concerning boarding the It Is also too small for the of passengers and freight It If the project is approved the FAA will issue a grant for Its portion of the Vernal Municipal Airport is jointly owned by Uintah County and Vernal one-fourth Vernal City and three-fourths Uintah the federal government has participated as much as percent in all runway improvements and land for the Uintah County acts as the manager and sponsor for operations and for receiving federal and state funds for improvements at the municipal |