Environmental Assessment

The Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport (RMMA) and the consultant team of Reynolds, Smith & Hills, Inc. (RS&H) have completed the Environmental Assessment (EA) that will address the need to construct an additional 400 feet of Runway Safety Area (RSA) to achieve the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) design requirements for 1,000 feet of RSA beyond the west end Runway 11L/29R. This project also resulted in the need to realign the intersection of State Highway 128 and Interlocken Boulevard.

In 2006, the U.S. Department of Transportation Appropriations Act (Appropriations Act) required operators of all airports nation-wide that are federally funded and obligated to comply with FAA regulatory requirements for RSAs by September 30, 2015.

To that end, the Runway Safety Area Program (RSAP) provides an enhanced measure of safety for aircraft taking off from and landing on a runway. Compliance with the Appropriations Act will not include an increase in aircraft capacity nor will it result in an increase in paved surface to the end of the runway.

Runway Safety Area Environmental Assessment

Last Modified: Oct 20, 2011 09:36 AM