Airport Project is on Hold

Work on clearing what remains of Yeager Airport’s collapsed safety overrun area will be on hold until protocols for collecting samples of materials from the slide for use as evidence in pending lawsuits are worked out in Kanawha Circuit Court. Yeager Executive Director Terry Sayre says guidelines for conducting the forensic tests will be taken up during an April 13 status hearing. An audit showed the safety overrun collapse reduced the airport’s value by $18.27 million. Other projects are on hold too, including an $8 million taxiway rehabilitation project that’s already approved and funded, but there’s uncertainty about obtaining the $800,000 in matching funds needed to get the project under contract.