A $1.88 million project to replace Meriden Markham Airport’s aging runway and taxiway began earlier this week. That work will continue on the municipal airport until Oct. 21, according to a notice regarding the project. Constance Castillo, the airport’s manager, said the work, which is being completed by Tilcon Connecticut, Inc., began on-time — at 7 a.m. last Monday. The entire cost of the project is covered by a Federal Aviation Administration Airport Improvement Program grant. Typically those projects require a local match of at least 10%. That local obligation, about $188,000, has been waived for this project. Other airport improvement projects are in the pipeline over the next few years. Those projects include updates to the airport’s two main gates and the repaving of ramps and other services and the expansion of motor vehicle parking lots.
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