Aviation View | Volume 2, Issue 1

129 AVIATION VIEW VOLUME 2, ISSUE 1 primary contractor for this project. “The need to work on infrastructure never ends,” Brewer laughs. “So, after that, we will be rehabilitating Taxiway Lima and using another advanced process that we used on the Runway 6-24 job known as Full Depth Reclamation (FDR) for Recycled Asphalt Aggregate Base. Efforts are being undertaken to certify this as an ENVISION project, the first of its kind in this airport. It’s a 5000-foot taxiway and the project will be completed in two packages of approximately $3.6 M each.” Another city-sponsored project involves a stream on airport property that floods and destroys a section of fence every time it rains, so they are going to be creating a new culvert system. Brewer notes, “Sanjay and Atkins North America are helping with that, and they were able to bring the team that designs tide gates in hurricane areas like New Orleans and other gulf coast areas here and have them design it. That is a $500,000 project. We also have some smaller projects that we’re hoping to complete, some landside parking lot and roadway paving, some fence work, and, hopefully, we can redo the entrance to the airport, which is just bland.” With John Brewer ‘the voice of experience’ at the controls, complemented by a robust team of staff and partners, blue skies are surely guaranteed for the future of Northeast Philadelphia Airport. NORTHEAST PHI LADELPHI A A I RPORT DISCOVER PHILADELPHIA Make the most of your visit! Download the Official Philadelphia Visitors Guide www.discoverphl.com