ASPEN – — Future improvements at the Aspen-Pitkin County Airport, pegged at an estimated cost of $171.3 million, are financially feasible without spending local taxpayer dollars.
That, in essence, is the conclusion of a financial analysis to be presented in detail to county commissioners Tuesday as part of an ongoing review of an airport master-plan update. The discussion is scheduled at 3:15 p.m. in the Rio Grande meeting room in Aspen.
The master plan and financial analysis also will be the focus of a public open house from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Pitkin County Library.
Though the master plan sets forth a 20-year vision for the airport property, the financial analysis puts improvements, including a new terminal and parking facilities and the addition of a second fixed-base operator, into a timeline that concludes in 2018.
Adoption of the master plan doesn’t commit the county to development of any of the facilities, aviation director Jim Elwood has stressed. Nor does adoption of the plan formalize the timeline, he said Friday.
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