Why Snow Removal Equipment For The Airport?
Actually, the airport wanted maintenance equipment in the form of the trucks, etc. It just didn’t want to pay for it. The Federal Aviation Administration will not provide grant money for routine maintenance equipment. It says so right on the FAA website and in regulations regarding the use of AIP grants for airports. So, airport director Bob Kemp came up with a great idea – The airport could get routine maintenance equipment paid for by the federal government if it was called snow removal equipment. Worse, the county didn’t even try to hide this fact. Airport director Bob Kemp proudly told county council “if we didn’t get the grant from the FAA, we would have had to buy the equipment ourselves” and that he sent the photo of the 1989 snowstorm to “make us eligible” for the grant. In addition, Kemp proudly said he did exactly the same thing when he was airport director in Wilmington, N. C. He also said that the FAA will not fund the construction of maintenance sheds, but will fund the co
