Recent efforts by the Oregon Dept. of Aviation (ODA) to expand the Aurora State Airport through a $37 million grant application to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in October 2018 has raised again an underlying, open question unanswered for several years: Is there is a legally adopted master plan for the Aurora State Airport justifying ODA’s application for federal and/or state funds? Determining the legal status of the Aurora State Airport Master Plan is crucial for many reasons: The...

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