Planning expansion at the Augusta Municipal Airport has been a challenge for the City Council for a number of years. It hasn’t been easy to shift the community mindset from our local airport being simply an out-of-the-way facility for fair-weather pilots to the idea that it can be an economic driver that can benefit the entire region and stimulate rural development.
Another step in accommodating future growth and development of the runway at the airport was on Monday night’s agenda for the council and drew considerable discussion.
(Read more: Augusta Gazette)