The Wall Street Journal | By Kris Maher | Updated July 11, 2017 8:29 p.m. ET:
Wish list for crumbling West Virginia facility is a big ask given U.S. funding levels.
CHARLESTON, W.Va.—Two years ago, a safety area at the end of a runway designed to mitigate emergencies at Yeager Airport caused one instead when it broke free and slid down a hillside, crushing a church and forcing more than 100 people from their homes.
The accident prompted airport officials to develop a far-reaching emergency infrastructure project to improve safety, as well as bring the airport, opened in 1947 amid hilly terrain outside this city of 50,000, into the 21st century.
Airport officials have a wish list of 15 items totaling $395 million, including a runway extension, new lighting systems and the replacement of the 67-year-old terminal.
That’s a big ask, even spread over multiple years, considering the current level of airport infrastructure spending nationally.
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