Meeker runway project underway

MEEKER I Work began in earnest last week on the Meeker Airport Runway Reconstruction Project. Fiore and Sons, Inc., began major dirt-work operations at the airport and will continue into the fall until winter weather shuts them down.
The runway will be closed on Sept. 5 for displacement of the threshold at the north end. From Sept. 6 to March 31, 2013, the runway will be shortened to approximately 4,400 feet to facilitate some storm…