Runway work finished at Bellingham Airport

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Posted September 22, 2010 10:50 am.

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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – Twenty-nine million dollars worth of runway repair work has now been completed at the Bellingham International Airport and it’s open for business again.

The Port of Bellingham closed the runway on August 3st to launch the three-week, 24-hour project. It’s estimated 174,000 tons of asphalt have since been laid out.

This is the first major work to be done to the runway since it opened in 1941. It is now able to accommodate larger aircrafts.

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