(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio)

A plan to renovate the Beaver County Airport Terminal in Chippewa is nearing approval, with the main roadblock being the final contractual numbers and obligations.

Solicitor Garen Fedeles stated at the Commissioners’ work session on Wednesday that the County is expected to pay $1.4 million into this project in conjunction with the Beaver County Airport Authority and the Community College of Beaver County. According to Commissioner Jack Manning, this is a project that the parties involved have been working on “for some time now.”

Commissioner Chairman Dan Camp explained that the County’s financial contribution will come from the general fund, with the other parties making up the difference. Camp stated that the Airport Authority “has no new source of revenue”, and that one of the only ways that they could generate more revenue is to create landing fees for the airport, which he feels would be an unnecessary “hindrance” to the students.

Camp also mentioned that the $1.4 million given to the project will be added to the yearly subsidy towards CCBC.

It was also announced at the work session that the list of letters to be sent out to municipalities who haven’t spent their ARPA money will be finalized soon, and that the Beaver County Snow Shovel Riding Championship that was scheduled for this weekend has been canceled.