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« North Scituate motorcyclist killed in Johnston | Today | Unclaimed lottery tickets worth more than $230,000 » August 6, 2007Block Island airport gets $920K for more plane spaceBlock Island State Airport is getting more than $920,000 in federal money to make available about 30 more parking spaces for planes on existing airport property, U.S. Sen. Jack Reed's office announced today. Reed's office said in a news release there is a shortage of spaces for planes during the summer. The Rhode Island Airport Corporation will get the $927,542 from the U.S. Department of Transportation to help build a turf tie-down area to allow for aircraft parking overflow that is not met by the existing apron. “This federal funding is an essential investment in keeping Block Island’s airport up-to-date, safe, and convenient," said Reed, a member of the Senate Banking Committee, which oversees federal transportation projects. The town of New Shoreham has less than 1,000 year-round residents, but summer tourism can inflate that to more than 10,000 inhabitants a day. Lacks of spaces for visiting planes can raise safety concerns, because planes must circle longer to wait for a place to land and park. -- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney Posted by Mike McKinney CommentsEric | August 6, 2007 1:21 PM link Sen. Reed has the pulse of Rhode Island. Do we need to spend 1M of funds (Pork) to cater to the weathly visiting Block Island. David Pietras | August 6, 2007 6:23 PM link Post a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish. |
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So let me understand. Taxpayers are getting soaked for nearly a million dollars so that the rich can have a place to park their planes? How disgusting! A better solution would have been to charge a parking fee. If you can afford a plane and a place to stay on Block Island then I think you can afford to pay for the parking. Even better, impose a limit on the number of planes and when the limit is reached everyone else just takes the ferry like the rest of us.