Airport taxiway project still in the works

Construction for a $13 million taxiway improvement at Delaware Coastal Airport in Georgetown is expected to start early 2025 with a combination of federal and Sussex County money.

The Delaware Coastal Airport Advisory Committee met Sept. 25, for an update on the six-phase project that is planned to begin in March with $3.4 million in grant money.

The Federal Aviation Administration is expected to provide about $3 million per year through airport improvement entitlement money, said Robert Bryant, airport manager.

The county share is about $1.3 million in what he describes as a multi-phase, multi-grant and multi-year taxiway construction project that will build a full-length, 35-foot-wide taxiway for the primary runway.

“We figure this time next year, we’ll get a third FAA grant that will construct Phase 3 of the project,” he said.

Bryant said he hopes that the project will be complete for 2026 or 2027.