Airway Heights nabs $2.5 million transportation grant

AIRWAY HEIGHTS — The city’s plans to expand transportation options just received a boost. The West Plains Connection project has been awarded a $2.5 million grant from the Transportation Improvement Board.

The money will be used for Phase One of the project, which will link Garfield Road and South Hayford Road via 10th Avenue, a street grid section that doesn’t presently connect.

The continuation of 10th Avenue would connect with the current 12th Avenue behind Walmart off South Hayford Road.

The new route will have two travel lanes, landscaped or hardscaped center media with turn-lanes at majo...