Visitors to Coastal Carolina Regional Airport (EWN) expecting delays in their commute this morning were in for a pleasant surprise. The closure of Old Airport Road originally scheduled to begin today due to repair work has been rescheduled for next week.
According to the City of New Bern Public Works Department, the replacement of two culverts that would have closed Old Airport Road between March 15-19 from Austin Avenue to Creekside Elementary School has been postponed because of potential severe weather forecast for this week.
Public Works and the S.T. Wooten Corporation have rescheduled the replacement of the two culverts, which cross Old Airport Road, for March 22-26. Public Works said that the culverts need to remain in place this week to allow for water flow should rain affect the area.
If EWN gets its way, it could start having direct flights to and from the nation’s capital by spring.
Coastal Carolina Regional Airport has announced that it has applied for a federal grant to recruit an air carrier to provide direct service to the Washington D.C. area. That grant, provided through the Department of Transportation Small Community Air Service Development Program, would give the airport $1 million over two years as a revenue guarantee for the air service. That would allow whatever carrier providing that service the income it needs to keep running while it establishes its customer base and route.