Foster requests $56M for projects

A $2.5 million federal appropriation would go a long way toward building a bigger DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport. The city of DeKalb has requested federal funding to help acquire land near the existing land that would help with the airport's long-term development plans, DeKalb Taylor Airport Manager Tom Cleveland said Wednesday. If granted, it would help the city purchase land for several purposes, including a corporate hangar area west of the main runway. “It can make more revenue for the airport to expand the corporate hangar base,” Cleveland said Wednesday. “It's under an airport layout plan we've had. First thing we need to do is buy the land, to make an area that protects runways and the approaching zone. That's the main priority.” U