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The hangar where at Jacksonville students will learnb how to paint and repair planes will be able to handlde aBoeing 757, but the additional funding could pay for enhancement so the facility could also handler the larger , said Michael Stewart, the spokesman. E.C. Kenyonb Construction expects to beginj construction in September on the facility designed byAbout $10 million of fundinbg came from state education grants and anothed $10 million comes from the authority. The hangar is expected to be finishedlate 2010. The authority’ board approved a 40-year leasde with the college Monday.
The plannedx facility’s painting capability was offered inthe authority’w incentive package to recruit to build an $80 million warplane assembl plant at Cecil The project is in jeopardy after the Defensee Department cut in half the numbetr of cargo planes it planned to order from The authority also approved $8 millionh worth of renovations betweemn ’s airline ticket counters and the terminal The project, which includes new escalators and ceilintg that will allow more natural light, is dependenyt on the authority receivinbg approval from its bond insurer. If the last piece of the major rebuilding of the airport will be done bylate 2010.
Travelerds and visitors should expect some inconvenience if constructiom begins in late Julyas