Governor Doyle approves $58,000 project at Menomonie Municipal Airport

July 11, 2008

Governor Jim Doyle has approved a $58,353 project to provide design-engineering at the Menomonie Municipal Airport. The Governor's action releases $1,459 in state funds to design a new terminal building. The city of Menomonie is contributing another $1,459 and the Federal Aviation Administration is providing $55,435.

According to Kim Kaarto, airport engineering specialist with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, the project will design a new terminal building to replace the undersized and poorly functioning existing building.

The design is expected to be completed this summer, with construction to take place during the summer of 2009.

Menomonie Municipal Airport has two runways. Currently, 23 aircraft are based at the airport, and approximately 13,550 take-offs and landings occur each year.

For more information, contact:
Kim Kaarto, WisDOT Airport Engineering Specialist
(608) 266-3354, kim.kaarto@dot.state.wi.us