Colfax airport receives 5-year CIP plan

Port of Whitman commissioners went over capital improvement projects for the Colfax Airport Thursday. The five-year plan was laid out in a letter from the FAA which provides the majority of the funding for the projects.

The list came from meetings last October through November between the port and FAA and further work by the port’s FAA project manager, FAA state planner and WSDOT.

The letter laid out projects and funding for the next five fiscal years which would be 95 percent funded by the FAA and WSDOT.

The CIP list includes construction on an access road, addressing drainage issues and inst...