POPLARVILLE —
For putting up $17,000, the Poplarville-Pearl River County airport board will get a $352,000 federal grant to upgrade the airport, including the construction of a terminal building, with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) kicking in 90 percent of the construction funds and the state, the airport board, board of supervisors and City of Poplarville kicking in the remainder.
Bradley Holliday, head of the Poplarville-Pearl River County Airport board, told the board of supervisors last week that the airport is an economic boost to Poplarville and Pearl River County. Holliday appeared before the board asking for help with matching funds for a federal grant to be used to upgrade the facility. Appearing with him was Bennie Sellers, the project engineer with Shows, Dearman & Waits, Inc., Hattiesburg.
The state’s matching share is five percent and the local matching share is five percent.
Supervisors and the Poplarville board of aldermen agreed to support the project, which calls for local matching funding of $17,000. This “local match” will be shared between the county, City of Poplarville and the airport board, officials said.
For that local match, the airport board will get $352,000 in funding to upgrade the airport. FAA money will pay for 90 percent of the project.
Holliday told supervisors that two businesses have located at the airport in the last six months, and there are others exploring the possibility of opening a business at the facility, which is located about two miles southeast of Poplarville on Mississippi Highway 53. He said one prospect is “major.”
“The airport is definitely an economic boost for this area, and we are in need of expansion and have been working for probably the past 15 years on getting a project like this so we can get a terminal building,” said Holliday. He said a terminal will attract even more business to the airport.
A terminal also will provide an office for the six-member airport board.
The major portion of the funds will go toward the constructing the terminal, and the remainder will be used to construct an 18-foot-high fence around the facility, which Homeland Security now requires, and for widening the access road to the runway and buildings. The access road would be capable of handling vehicles as large as 18-wheelers.
There already is a 24-hour fueling station at the facility, and the runway is 4,000 feet long.
The terminal building will cover 1,232 sq. ft. Project engineer for the work is Sellers.
Said Holliday, “ Visiting pilots need somewhere to plan, wait out bad weather, refuel their aircraft and relax for a short time before continuing their flight.”
He added, “The airport board has needed an office and conference room to meet the needs of running an expensive facility. At the present time, all records and other paperwork are kept in various members’ homes.
“The board is very much excited that this much needed project is about to become a reality,” said Holliday.
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The Poplarville-Pearl River County airport, shown below, is two miles southeast of Poplarville on Miss. Hwy. 53. The airport board is applying for a $352,000 grant to upgrade the facility. In the top photo, Holliday, left, and Sellers are show briefing supervisors on the project, which includes adding a terminal building at the airport, last week. David A. Farrell
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