Tweed New Haven Airport official: CT owes us $1.5 million. Why hasn t it paid?
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Sean Scanlon, executive director of the Tweed New Haven Airport Authority, answers questions at a press conference on a major expansion plans at Tweed New Haven Regional Airport on May 6, 2021.Arnold Gold / Hearst Connecticut Media
NEW HAVEN With just over a week left in the fiscal year, the state has yet to disburse Tweed New Haven Regional Airport’s $1.5 million annual subsidy and Tweed Executive Director Sean Scanlon said he worries the Connecticut Airport Authority is sitting on the money.
But CAA Executive Director Kevin Dillon, whose agency oversees Bradley International Airport, said the money for Tweed comes from a tax on the sale of aviation fuel, primarily at Bradley, and that fund “has been down significantly” as a result of a drastic drop in aviation activity as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Tweed New Haven Airport has announced plans to extend its runway, build a new terminal and add a major new commercial airline service.
Jorge Roberts is CEO at Avports, the company that operates the airport. He said they will invest $100 million over the next 40 years to make Tweed a regional transportation hub.
“As part of this investment we aim to build a carbon neutral terminal, develop the airport in an environmentally sustainable way and invest in the community through noise mitigation and traffic improvement measures, Roberts said.
Tweed airport strides the border between New Haven and East Haven. Local residents have opposed its expansion for decades.
Tweed New Haven airport announces $70 million expansion
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Avports CEO Jorge Roberts, right, with Sean Scanlon, said his company will invest $70 million in the improvements.
Tweed New Haven is embarking on a $70 million privately funded expansion, with a new four-gate, 74,000 square-foot terminal and daily service from a new airline.
The announcement marks a new chapter in the decades-long saga of the quest of New Haven business leaders to increase air travel from the city in the hope of luring more employers, and against the concerns of neighbors and environmentalists who consider it an environmentally dangerous and ultimately economically doomed quest, especially given rising sea levels.
Officials from Tweed New Haven Airport announced a major expansion Thursday. Avports, LLC., Tweed s current airport operator, plans to invest more than $100 million dollars to create a new terminal and new runway in East Haven. Tweed sits on the border of New Haven and East Haven.
Avports CEO Jorge Roberts says the investment will build financial independence for the airport. “Currently, it receives a state subsidy,” Roberts said, “so part of it is to make this an airport that works financially and economically for the benefit of the communities.” Tweed officials said state and city subsidies currently total $1.8 million dollars per year.
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From left, Avports CEO Jorge Roberts speaks with New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker and East Haven Mayor Joseph Carfora at a press conference announcing major expansion plans at Tweed New Haven Regional Airport on May 6, 2021.Arnold Gold / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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East Haven Mayor Joe Carfora, left, has a moment with Jorge Roberts, CEO of Avports, the company that manages Tweed New Haven Regional Airport, after an announcement of Tweed New Haven Airport s expansion plan on Thursday, May 6, 2021. The deal took months to negotiate.Dan Haar/Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less