Hub City applies for runway grant

Hattiesburg’s Bobby L. Chain Municipal Airport may be getting a facelift. The city has put in an application to the U.S. Department of Transformation for a $2.6 million grant to repave the airport's 6,100-foot runway. The grant would be a 90/10 percent match; but the city would split the latter cost with the state DOT. Hattiesburg would have to contribute $130,000. The city hopes to hear from the FAA on the application in the first quarter of 2015. The "Application for Federal Assistance" indicates a 5-month project that could start by May. (Source: Hattiesburg American, 12/26/14)