expand the Bay Minette Municipal Airport seems to be gliding

along.

into phase two.

moved,” Bay Minette Mayor Jamie Tillery said at a recent North

Baldwin Utilities Board meeting.

Minette Aviation began work on creating a parallel taxiway in

September in an effort to reduce traffic on the runways. Doing so

would allow traffic to taxi on one 5,500-by-80-foot runway, while

the other would enable planes to take off and land without

congestion.

project, which is co-funded by the Federal Aviation Administration

and Alabama Department of Transportation, is complete. As

previously reported, It provides the main stretch of the taxiway on

the north of the runway, running east from the fixed-base operator

area.

under way, consists of construction the taxiway north of the runway

and west from the fixed-base operator. As previously reported, that

will be followed by two subsequent phases to the project. They

include providing drainage and electrical lines.

the pace of the endeavor.

moving along,” she told the NBU Board.

Minette Municipal Airport is one of the busiest in Alabama, with

300 planes taking off and landing at the location on a daily

basis.