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...associate vice president with DMJM Aviation's eastern region office in Philadelphia, to enhance its 2002 study. "They basically said, 'We want a better way to prioritize projects that would be competing for the same funds,'" recalls Bauman. "And, to take it a step further they said, 'What we want to be able to do is a down-and-dirty cost/benefit analysis because FAA's guidelines to cost/benefit analysis are very extensive and complex. They're costly.' So, the state wanted the ability to have a rule of thumb assessment of which projects might be better than others, along the guidelines of the FAA's cost/benefit analysis." Along the way, DMJM and PennDOT developed the project contribution calculator that provides regulators a 'plug n' play' analysis tool that others may find beneficial.

A block grant state, Pennsylvania has an aviation development program that serves as a state and local development funding source, and which is financed by a two cents/gallon flowage fee in a dedicated fund.

Explains Edie Letherby, planning manager for the state's aviation department, "PENNDOT has a 12-year planning process; we meet with our public-use airports every year and identify all of their airport...

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