Sat, Jan 21, 2012
Groundbreaking At Executive Airport Attended By Ray LaHood,
Michael Huerta
The FAA today broke ground Wednesday for a new $16.4 million,
state-of-the-art airport traffic control tower at Fort Lauderdale
Executive Airport. The new tower, equipped with the latest radar,
communications and weather technology, will enable air traffic
controllers to continue to provide the safest, most efficient
service to flights at the busy South Florida airport.
(L-R) LaHood, Huerta
“Rebuilding and expanding our nation’s aviation
infrastructure creates jobs while making flying safer and more
efficient,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood
said. “This new tower will benefit South
Florida’s air travelers.”
“The new tower demonstrates the FAA’s commitment to
aviation safety and to modernizing the air traffic control system
in South Florida,” said FAA Acting Administrator Michael
Huerta. “Investing in new air traffic control
facilities is a key component of the FAA’s Next Generation
Air Traffic Control system.”
The new facility will include a 117-foot-tall air traffic
control tower topped by a 525-square-foot tower cab. A
7,200-square-foot single-story base building will house training
rooms, administrative offices, and equipment rooms. Air traffic
controllers at Ft. Lauderdale Executive Tower handled 162,000
takeoffs and landings in 2011. The airport primarily serves general
aviation traffic.
The construction contract for $9.282 million was awarded to J.
Kokolakis Contracting, Inc., of Tarpon Springs, Fla. Design
and installation of equipment accounted for the remainder of the
total $16.4 million cost. The new tower will be commissioned in
spring 2014, replacing the existing tower that was commissioned in
1970.
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