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<br />FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br />April 7, 2009 <br />Contacts: <br />Cathryn Stephens, Director of Marketing and Public Relations, Eugene Airport <br />cathryn.e.stephens@ci.eugene.or.us, 682-5430 <br />Glen Potter, Public Information Officer, Eugene Fire & EMS <br />glen.d.potter@ci.eugene.or.us, 682-7118 <br />Airport Fire Station Project Planning Fast-tracked <br />Eugene Airport and Fire & EMS officials recently learned Federal Aviation <br />Administration discretionary funding for a new Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting <br />(ARFF) station will soon be released. <br />The $5.1 million dollar project is funded 95% ($4,845,000) by FAA funds and <br />5% ($255,000) by the Airport Construction Fund. To receive the FAA funding, <br />the project must be bid by June 2, 2009. <br />“That’s an extremely aggressive time schedule,” said Airport Director Tim Doll, <br />A.A.E. “Planning for a project like this would usually take about a year, but <br />under this circumstance, with federal funding on the line, there was no choice <br />but to move forward quickly.” <br />While the site selection had been made and the architecture and engineering <br />team had been hired, moving forward on the project would have required a <br />significant investment of Airport funds with no assurance of when federal <br />funding would become available. Airport officials placed the project on hold <br />until receiving notice from the FAA that the funding would be released and <br />have now fast-tracked the project planning. <br /> <br />