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The Town Council met on June 2 to receive an update from Rhode Island Airport Corporation on proposed changes to the Block Island State Airport as part of RIAC’s General Aviation Strategic Business Plan. RIAC is responsible for all six state.
Parking at the Block Island Airport has caused quite a stir – so much so that the subject was included in the R.I. Senate Committee on Rules, Government Ethics and Oversight meeting with the Rhode Island Airport Corporation on Monday, May 24. .
RIAC not implementing proposed airport parking fee this summer
THE RHODE ISLAND AIRPORT CORPORATION has decided to forego implementation of a proposed fee-based parking program at the Block Island (pictured) and Westerly state airports until the fall. / PHOTO COURTESY OF HENRY DUPONT
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Airport Corp. on Thursday said it will delay implementing a fee-based parking program it is developing for the Block Island and Westerly state airports until at least September.
“There will not be a launch of this program over the summer,” Brian Schattle, RIAC chief financial officer, told Providence Business News. “The specifics are still being developed” by FlightLevel Aviation, the fixed-base operator at the Block Island State Airport, for planned implementation in September.