Seal apron pavement surface/pavement joints; seal taxiway pavement surface/pavement joints; seal runway pavement surface/pavement joints; install runway vertical/visual guidance system

This $126,838 project grant from the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Great Lakes Region, under the Airport Improvement Program, COVID-19 Airports Programs, and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs (CFDA 20.106), will fund airfield pavement maintenance and installation of a new runway visual guidance system at airports associated with Harvey, North Dakota. Specifically, the grant will provide funding to seal cracks and joints in approximately 1,400 linear feet of taxiway pavement, 4,800 linear feet of runway pavement, and 8,850 square yards of apron pavement. It will also fund replacement of the runway 11/29 precision approach path indicators. These activities are intended to extend the useful life of existing airfield pavements that developed cracks when frost below the surfaces melted after the grant was initiated. The sole sub-awardee is the City of Harvey, North Dakota, which will receive the grant funds and oversee completion of the airfield maintenance and safety projects by July 20, 2025.

Activities and expected outcomes

This project installs replacement runway 11/29 precision approach path indicators to make the airport more accessible by improving approaches to the runway ends. This project performs crack repair and joint filling to 1,400 feet of the existing taxiway surface to extend the pavement's useful life. This project performs crack repair and joint filling to 4,800 feet of the existing runway 11/29 surface to extend the pavement's useful life. This project performs crack repair and joint filling to 8,850 square yards of the existing apron surface to extend the pavement's useful life. The cracks appeared when the frost below the pavement surface melted which was after the grant was initiated. Intended beneficiary: this grant will provide federal funding for airports associated with harvey, north dakota.