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FAA scraps runway study at Charleston’s airport

The Federal Aviation Administration has scrapped plans to gather an Environmental Impact Statement for a project at West Virginia International Yeager Airport. The research would have involved the proposed Airfield, Safety and Terminal Improvement Project. The airport got a $2.29 million grant from the FAA a year ago to go toward the third phase of study for that project, which would have involved possibly expanding the runway into Coonskin Park. The group “Save Coonskin Park” has been advocating to save the park. The FAA wants more time to conduct necessary studies.

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