22/09/2010 01:39 PM
A US airport has secured a $4.15 million (£2.6 million) grant to build new perimeter security fencing designed to improve access control for members of the public and animals.
Grand Junction Regional Airport in Colorado will start developing the security fencing in the next few months, the Daily Sentinel reported. The cash is just the first phase of an overall $12 million (£7.6 million) redevelopment project that will take three or four years to complete.
"It will enhance the overall security of the airport," airport manager Rex Tippetts told the news provider yesterday.
The security fencing, funded by Mesa County commissioners and the Grand Junction City Council, will measure eight feet in height and will run six feet below the ground – this is so animals do not burrow beneath it.
The newspaper also reported that a woman was arrested two years ago for crashing through a fence at the airport and driving onto a runway.
The airport is western Colorado's largest commercial airport.
Grand Junction Regional Airport in Colorado will start developing the security fencing in the next few months, the Daily Sentinel reported. The cash is just the first phase of an overall $12 million (£7.6 million) redevelopment project that will take three or four years to complete.
"It will enhance the overall security of the airport," airport manager Rex Tippetts told the news provider yesterday.
The security fencing, funded by Mesa County commissioners and the Grand Junction City Council, will measure eight feet in height and will run six feet below the ground – this is so animals do not burrow beneath it.
The newspaper also reported that a woman was arrested two years ago for crashing through a fence at the airport and driving onto a runway.
The airport is western Colorado's largest commercial airport.
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