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Department of Transportation awards safety funding to two local airports

Contact:  Ben Kohrman 517-335-3084
Agency: Transportation


WHAT: Announcement of safety funding presentations to W.K. Kellogg Airport and Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport

WHO: Gloria J. Jeff, director, Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT)
Sidney Adams Jr., Chairman of the Michigan Aeronautics Commission

WHEN: Friday, Feb. 11, 2005
10:30 a.m.

WHERE: Aviation Education Center
Western Michigan
University's College of Aviation W.K. Kellogg Airport
Room 1225
237 N. Helmer Road
Battle Creek, Mich.

BACKGROUND: MDOT Director Gloria J. Jeff will announce project funding for the Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport in Kalamazoo, and the W.K. Kellogg Airport in Battle Creek.

The Kalamazoo airport will receive funding for a runway safety project.

The W.K. Kellogg Airport will receive funding for a study on Wetland Mitigation and a study regarding runway safety.

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