We've Got The County Covered
We've Got The County Covered
In this photo facing west, workers with Century Construction repair part of the plane parking and apron area at the Chinook airport. The work will improve drainage and strengthen some soft spots in the aircraft parking areas and around the fueling station. August 17 was given as a complete date by the contractor.
According to Ed Obie, Chinook's Airport Manager, the construction equipment seen working in front of the airport's hangars should be gone in a couple of weeks. He said, "Century Construction, out of Lewistown, is doing work to repair some soft spots on the apron area and improve drainage there as well." Morrison Maierle, from Helena, engineered the project. He said there has been only minor repair work on the area since 1992.
"Because of the flat terrain where the airport sits," Obie explained, "there has always been a drainage problem on the parking area for planes, around the fueling station...
