CLEVELAND, Tenn. — The future Cleveland municipal airport continues to clear hurdles, both literally and on paper.
A TVA tower that protruded into the airport airspace has been shortened, Mark Paslick of PDC Consultants told the Cleveland Municipal Airport Authority on Friday. An appraisal soon will be done on the cost of reducing the height of a privately owned cell tower.
The first phase of site work is done, said PDC’s Ron Fitzgerald. Of 2.2 million tons of dirt to be moved in the second phase, about 500,000 have been moved, he said.
“If the weather had cooperated, we would have been further along,” Fitzgerald said.
The airport authority has received state approval to purchase additional property around the Tasso airport site, land useful for the airport to have but not necessary. An appraiser has been hired, said authority member Verrill Norwood. Property owners may accept or reject any future offer, he said.