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Pitkin County took a shot at positioning the Aspen airport to receive additional federal funding, and the gambit paid off to the tune of nearly $2 million.
Aspen-Pitkin County Airport officials brought an emergency resolution before county commissioners in August to accept up to an additional $5 million in Federal Aviation Administration grant funds just in case the agency wound up with unspent dollars. The resolution received final approval in mid-September.
The money will go first toward the design and construction of a connector between the runway and the main taxiway that parallels the runway on the east side.
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