The Watertown Regional Airport is moving forward with a plan to add carport solar panels to a parking lot despite a decision by the South Dakota Aeronautics Commission not to provide funding, The Watertown Current reports.
The commission rejected two requests – one for $91,250 and, when that failed, one for $38,724.
But the airport is still sitting pretty, thanks to funding from the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA allocated $3.6 million to the project earlier this year. Airport Manager Ian Meriwether says the project will move forward.
