Abbeville council to consider five-year airport capital plan tonight

Abbeville’s City Council is scheduled to consider a five-year capital improvement plan for Chris Crusta Memorial Airport tonight, along with authorization to request aviation funding from the Federal Aviation Administration and Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. The proposal appears in new business item 8 of the October 20, 2026 agenda, checked October 20.

The attached 2027–2031 plan lists apron and taxilane rehabilitation, relocation of stub taxiway C, runway and taxiway seal coating, airfield pavement maintenance and a helipad construction project. Its estimated costs total $3,819,500. These are proposed plan items and funding requests; the council’s consideration precedes decisions on awards and construction.

The airport plan places apron and taxilane work in two phases and lists separate projects for maintaining paved operating surfaces and building a helipad, according to the attached plan. Together, the items describe the airport improvements the city would pursue over the plan’s five-year period.

The official agenda sets the meeting for 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 20, in the Council Meeting Room, 101 North State Street, Abbeville. It provides for public comments on agenda items before action. The agenda directs people needing special assistance to the Mayor’s office at 337-893-8550, describing the assistance needed.