AVIATION PROGRAMS August 2019 August 2019
Routine Airport Maintenance Program (RAMP) ▪ RAMP provides state appropriated funding for maintenance and small, time critical, capital improvements. ▪ The program provides a 50/50 match for projects up to $100,000, for a $50,000 total maximum per fiscal year for eligible airports. ▪ All publicly owned general aviation airports in the Texas Airport System Plan (TASP) are eligible except for larger commercial airports. ▪ An average of 225 airports participate annually. ▪ Program approved by the Texas Transportation Commission at beginning of the fiscal year. August 2019 2
Airport Project Development Process Airport Airport Capital Draft Airport Sponsor Airport Capital TxDOT Improvement Capital / Airport Sponsor Grant Awards Improvement Evaluation Program Improvement Support Request Program Development Program Approval Detailed Scoping Support Letter of Interest Programming Review Approval Design/ Construction ▪ Approved layout ▪ Planners, Grant ▪ Identification of ▪ Coordinate ▪ Texas Aviation ▪ Consideration plan & Project needs scope, timing & Advisory by Texas ▪ Land Managers funding needs Committee Transportation Acquisition ▪ Aligned w/ TASP ▪ Timing assigned to with sponsor review and Commission (Year 1) objectives requirements provide recommend ▪ Identify funding ▪ Occurs annually ▪ Design ▪ Eligibility support ▪ Supporting inclusion in CIP sources in August (Year 2) requirements documentation ▪ Site visits & ▪ Staff ▪ Construction ▪ Sponsor history planning recommend (Year 3) meetings ▪ Justification inclusion in ▪ Online support Capital ▪ Initial Improvement engineering, Program (CIP) Actions for this Actions for this environmental month month and land review August 2019 3
Capital Improvement Program ▪ 3-year program to improve the infrastructure at general aviation airports throughout the state. – FY 2020-2022: 167 projects totaling $228.5M – Average: 56 projects totaling $76.2M per year ▪ Typical annual funding includes state, federal and local sources. – Federal - $53M (total) • Airport Improvement Program/State Apportionment - $19M • Non-Primary Entitlement (NPE) - $24M • Discretionary - $10M – State - $16M – Local Match - $8M ▪ Program approved by Texas Transportation Commission at beginning of fiscal year. ▪ Projects individually approved by Commission throughout year. August 2019 4
Project Programming Priorities ▪ Safety - Projects needed to make a facility safe for aircraft operations. ▪ Preservation - Projects to preserve functional or structural integrity of an airport. ▪ Standards - Improvements required to bring an airport up to design standards for current user aircraft. ▪ Upgrade - Improvements required to allow an airport to accommodate larger aircraft or longer stage lengths. ▪ Capacity - Expansion required to accommodate more aircraft or higher activity levels. ▪ New Access - A new airport providing new air access to a previously unserved area. ▪ New Capacity - A new airport needed to add capacity or relieve congestion at other area airports. August 2019 5
Aviation Grant Awards Name of Sponsor Total Project Federal State Local Airport and for Description Funding Funding Share Associated City Airport Fencing Arlington Municipal Arlington $ 945,000 $ - $ 105,000 $ 1,050,000 Improvements Taxiway North Houston Regional Conroe $ 3,240,000 $ - $ 360,000 $ 3,600,000 Reconstruction Devine Municipal Devine Engineering/Design $ 45,000 $ - $ 5,000 $ 50,000 Lighting Georgetown Municipal Georgetown $ 1,158,840 $ - $ 128,760 $ 1,287,600 Improvements Taxiway Grand Prairie Municipal Grand Prairie $ 996,240 $ - $ 249,060 $ 1,245,300 Improvements Hillsboro Municipal Hillsboro Engineering/Design $ 54,000 $ - $ 6,000 $ 60,000 Prepare Obstruction McCampbell-Porter Ingleside $ 63,000 $ - $ 7,000 $ 70,000 Survey Mesquite Metro Mesquite Land Acquisition $ 389,466 $ - $ 43,274 $ 432,740 Note: All figures are estimates and subject to meeting all federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements. Continued on Next Slide August 2019 6
Aviation Grant Awards - continued Name of Sponsor Total Project Federal State Local Airport and for Description Funding Funding Share Associated City Airport Plainview/Hale Reimbursement for Hale County Hangar Construction $ 150,000 $ - $ 16,667 $ 166,667 County Pavement Seymour Municipal Seymour $ 3,227,179 $ - $ 114,131 $ 3,341,310 Improvements Sulphur Springs Sulphur Springs Engineering/Design $ 135,000 $ - $ 15,000 $ 150,000 Municipal Draugton-Miller Central Temple Engineering/Design $ 180,000 $ - $ 20,000 $ 200,000 Texas Regional Pavement Victoria Regional Victoria $ 1,890,000 $ - $ 210,000 $ 2,100,000 Improvements Design & Construct Van Zandt Regional Wills Point $ - $ 600,000 $ 66,667 $ 666,667 Hangar TOTAL $ 12,473,725 $ 600,000 $ 1,346,559 $ 14,420,284 Note: All figures are estimates and subject to meeting all federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements. August 2019 7
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