Posted Apr 22, 2022, 7:12 PM
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Construction beginning work on the West Taxiway 260 million dollar project funded by the infrastructure bill
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The Phoenix City Council selected a contractor Wednesday to manage the construction of a $260 million taxiway that connects the north and south airfields at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
Kiewit Infrastructure West Co., which is part of the Omaha, Nebraska Kiewit Corp., won the contract to build the airfield. Right now, the contract is worth $3.18 million, but the city, which owns the airport, is expecting to receive most of the funding for the project from the federal government.
If the funding is approved — which airport officials expect will happen late this summer — Kiewit will oversee the construction of the 2,000-foot taxiway that will join the north and south airfields on the west end of the airport, allowing for better aircraft flow for airfield operations.
Approximately $194 million is anticipated to come from monies set aside by the latest federal infrastructure package. The rest of the project will be funded by passenger facility charges, which is a fee included in airfare, and airport revenue.
“This airfield project is another step in connecting Phoenix to the world. As one of the first projects for the city identified for delivery under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, this new taxiway will reduce aircraft taxi time, improve utilization of all runways, and add capacity for our airline partners,” Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego said in a statement. “Infrastructure investments like this make our city even more attractive to the global aviation industry including travelers using Sky Harbor.”
Design on the project has already begun.
Once federal approval is received, the project will mark the first in the city of Phoenix funded by the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed late last year by Congress. The bill puts aside $25 billion for the Federal Aviation Administration to give out in grants. Over the next five years, the FAA will give out $5 billion in competitive grants for airport terminal projects and for projects that promote sustainability. Sky Harbor and city officials are looking to grab as many grants as possible.
In a press release issued by Sky Harbor, airport officials identified several projects they’d like to complete with federal funding including: a second north concourse at Terminal 3, a pedestrian bridge between Terminals 3 and 4, infrastructure improvements at Terminal 4, upgrades to garage lighting, new solar installations, and replacement of fleet vehicles with electric vehicles.
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Does anyone know what the hell the airport plans to do with the entire southeastern corner of Downtown? all those empty lots https://goo.gl/maps/R3KGMesGBh2VRjeH6
Are more or less owned by Sky Harbor and they've done nothing but sit on it for well over a decade. Is this some land banking for future funds? The combined value of all of this property has to be in the tens of millions if not over 100 million,
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Do they even fly there anymore?
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