Has the St. Marys Airport relocation been resuscitated?

FROM TOPIX: Buzzard Kingsland, GA Reply » Report Abuse Judge it! #469 Friday Aug 21 A report on airport relocation is on the agenda for the City Council meeting next Monday. sandy feller Joined: Fri Aug 7 Comments: 120 Saint Marys, GA Reply » Report Abuse Judge it! #470 Friday Aug 21 Buzzard wrote: A report on airport relocation is on the agenda for the City Council meeting next Monday. the on going saga of the st marys airport goes on and on. keep tuned. i can hardly wait for the next bombshell. Merlin Reply » Report Abuse Judge it! #471 14 min ago Apparently there was a meeting earlier this month at Glynn County Airport. Attendees included: Deloughy, Eskridge, Shanahan, Bill Sandifer of RS&H, Carol Comer of GADOT, Scott Serrit of FAA and a representative of Sea Island Corp. Last night it was announced that: 1. The City will proceed with the relocation to Site 1 as a city sponsored airport rather than a regional airport.(The reason stated was that it would be too difficult to rewrite everything to make a it regional airport. Uh huh). 2. A letter to "Washington" has been rewritten to correct "minor errors." It would be most interesting to read that. Apparently this letter contains a requirement that the city retain ownership of old airport property and that project be completed at no cost to the city. It was said that "funding of the relocation looks good and the City estimates an income of about $5 million/year." (Excuse me while I laugh. How ludicrous this is: the money for construction, wetland mitigation, relocation of power lines (with extra easements) etc. will be needed up front. How will St. Marys service that debt until it's paid off without burdening the people? It's highly unlikely that $5 million per year will cover the cost. I also doubt whether any wetland mitigation expenses are being included in the relocation cost. This is insane! Why in God's name are they proceeding as if there was no action by SELC, no USACE 404 permits required etc etc? Is their assumption that they can build it and then apologize after the fact? This issue is like the undead...it just keeps arising and it more putrid each time. I (Jay) can not vouche for the accuracy of this reportage because I was not there. Anyone? Addendum: What is the SELC? You will want to know as this thing moves forward. Local green opponents of the new airport (and virtually anything else new) have recruited this group to block the airport. http://www.southernenvironment.org/