<div>A request by the contractor to delay rehabilitation work at the Southern West Virginia Regional Airport at Varney until spring was granted by the Mingo County Airport Authority at that body’s Oct. 29 regular meeting.Brandon Curry, project engineer with the airport’s engineering firm Chapman Technical Group, on behalf of the contractor undertaking the rehabilitation of the airport’s apron, or airplane parking area — Axtell’s Pavement Solutions — requested that the airport authority authorize a Notice to Delay Agreement, which effectively would shutdown the project for the winter and put off the work until at least April 2027.“What the delay does is extend the contract time 90 days from start to finish,” Curry said. “That extends their contract from the spring into the summer, but it also locks in their prices so they can’t come back in the spring and say ‘this costs this much now if you still want us to do it.’ This locks in their prices so there can be no extra cost to you.”Curry said the new target date for the project to resume work is April 15, although he explained that it could resume sooner depending on weather conditions prior to that target date.Should the contractor come back and perform all the work at one time, Curry said he believed the apron rehabilitation could be completed in as little as two weeks, which he noted would have Axtell coming in significantly sooner than the 90 days contracted with the company to complete the project.The price tag for the project, including both the cost for the apron rehabilitation work being performed by Axtell and for Chapman’s engineering services, which are being funded through FAA Airport Improvement Project funding, is a little more than $453,000.Following further discussion, the board voted to approve the extension.The board also approved a request by Administrative Assistant Leigh Ann Ray to stage a Halloween Trunk-or-Treat event at the airport, beginning in 2027.Ray said the airport in Logan stages a similar event each year. She said CVB officials approached her about the possibility of holding one at the SWVRA.“We could possibly pull out a plane and decorate it, and maybe decorate a hangar to look haunted,” she said. “People could come and hand out candy for the kids as well. There are some other kinds of things I’d like to do and have public participation, but the CVB approached me about this, and I thought it was a really good idea, and I told them I would approach the board about it.”</div>

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A request by the contractor to delay rehabilitation work at the Southern West Virginia Regional Airport at Varney until spring was granted by the Mingo County Airport Authority at that body’s Oct. 29 regular meeting. Brandon Curry, project engineer with the airport’s engineering firm Chapman Technical Group, on behalf...

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Contract work at airport extended until April 2027

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