“The initial project was going to be about $1.07 million (for an eight-bay hangar). The new hangars, which city officials had initially hoped to have constructed by late 2021, were delayed in September 2020 due to concerns over rising steel prices and upticks in labor costs. “I honestly wish we could build bigger hangars to accommodate the bigger aircraft, but this is a start,” Hellmann said. When the project is completed, the airport will be able to house up to 36 aircraft. Contractors have the option to submit alternative bids for up to an additional four hangars. With unanimous approval from the council, the city will now seek bids to construct eight steel hangars. We are not a small, general aviation airport anymore, we are so much more than that,” said Kevin Hellmann, Washington Regional Airport manager, who said the airport needs more hangars to accommodate the increased demand it has seen since the mid-2000s when a new, longer runway was constructed. “I think people have the idea that we are a sleepy, little airport, but we aren’t. The days of Washington Regional Airport being a “sleepy, little airport” are over, or at least that is the perspective offered after the Washington City Council agreed Monday to seek construction bids for new hangars at the airport, six months after tabling the project.
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