Newtok Airport Relocation Project
About this presentation:
This project constructed a new airport to support the relocated Newtok community, which relocated due to river erosion impacts. R&M provided surveying, geotechnical investigation/recommendations, public involvement, NEPA support, permitting and civil engineering for the new airport.
The new community site called Mertarvik is located nine miles southeast of Newtok on the north end of Nelson Island on Baird Inlet. The new airport serves small aircraft and consists of a gravel surfaced runway, taxiway, apron, access road, two equipment buildings, airfield lighting and NAVAIDS. Construction was completed in 2022.
About our Speaker:
Speaker: Carla Baxley, P.E., Group Manager – Airport Engineering, R&M Consultants, Inc.
Carla is a professional engineer with 21 years of experience. As R&M’s Group Manager of Airport Engineering, she manages all the firm’s airport design projects. Carla is passionate about helping Alaskan communities develop transportation infrastructure by coordinating project designs with local stakeholders. She has developed numerous airport projects in rural and urban Alaskan communities. Carla’s experience includes resurfacing, rehabilitations, reconstructions, and relocations of runways, taxiways and aprons; equipment building layouts; access road realignments and relocations; navigational aid placement and relocation; and signing and lighting, including upgrading airport lighting systems to LED.
Location: BP Energy Center
Time: 1130-1300 (Doors open at 1130, program starts at 1200)
While this will be a hybrid (live and online) meeting, we encourage SAME members to attend in person so that members can meet, socialize, and continue or renew contacts.
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