T & G Noon Business Briefs

Thanks for the heads up Dave.. Looks like here is the first indication where the New England Regional Air Study Plan is heading:


FAA: Keep investing in airport

A Federal Aviation Administration-funded study of regional airports released today says capital improvements should continue to be made at Worcester Regional Airport to handle anticipated growth in commercial passenger traffic over the next decade. Even though a low-cost airline recently pulled out of the airport, leaving it without scheduled passenger service, the airport could be handling between 275,000 and nearly 550,000 passengers a year by 2020, according to the report by the Louis Berger Group. The $2.5 million study also says road improvements to cut 10 minutes off the drive from Interstate 290 to the airport would result in a 39 percent increase in passengers, though the report does not call for the construction of a new access road. The report projects much greater growth for other regional airports. Improvements recommended at the Worcester airport include rehabilitation of aging runway and taxiway pavements and other technology upgrades