Date:  Friday, October 29, 2010

Contact: Eric Johnson, WSDOT airport construction manager, 360-651-6303

The Town of Twisp celebrated the re-opening of the newly reconstructed and widened Runway 10/28 with a gala ribbon cutting ceremony on October 16. The event concluded a three-year effort to improve Twisp's runway.

The project added 24 feet to the runway width bringing it to the 60 foot Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) design standard. It also brought the runway pavement condition index (PCI) up from a poor rating of 41 to a perfect rating of 100.

These improvements were identified in Twisp’s 2007 Airport Layout Plan (ALP). An ALP defines the short-term and long-term needs of the airport through a comprehensive evaluation of airport conditions and FAA design standards.

This project also provided jobs to boost the local economy. Local contractor, Lloyd Logging, along with several sub-contractors worked on the project, which employed over 30 people and provided over $85,000 in wages.

WSDOT provided the Town with $553,799 in grant funds to complete the work:

• $64,315: design and environmental (2007)
• $250,000: phase I construction (2009)
• $211,277: phase II construction (2010)

On hand for the celebration were State Representative Mike Armstrong, WSDOT Aviation’s John Sibold and Eric Johnson, Town of Twisp Mayor Soo Ing-Moody, Airport Manager Bob Howson, project engineer George Reynolds from Riedesel Engineering, and Washington Pilot Association President John Dobson.

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