Governor Doyle approves $6.7 million project at General Mitchell International Airport

September 22, 2008

Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle has approved a $6,666,667 project to complete runway safety area improvements at Milwaukee County's General Mitchell International Airport. The Governor's action releases $833,333 in state funds to help complete the work. Milwaukee County is contributing $833,334 and the Federal Aviation Administration is providing $5,000,000.

According to Wendy Hottenstein, airport development engineer with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, the project will perform engineering and other project related tasks in preparation for construction of various runway safety area improvements. These runway safety area improvements are required to comply with the FAA's design standards for clear areas off the ends of runways 1L/19R and 7R/25L.

The engineering is expected to begin in September 2008.

General Mitchell International Airport has five hard-surfaced runways that accommodate over seven million passengers and 215,000 aircraft take-offs and landings each year. More information on Mitchell International Airport can be found at www.mitchellairport.com.

For more information, contact:
Wendy Hottenstein, WisDOT Airport Development Engineer
(608) 261-6278, wendy.hottenstein@dot.state.wi.us

Pat Rowe, General Mitchell International Airport
(414) 747-4545, prowe@mitchellairport.com