EASTON, MARYLAND — The Talbot County Council will be asked Tuesday, Oct. 27, to approve an $8,459,048 change order that lets the contractor build the new Runway 4/22 at Easton Airport, with construction scheduled to begin two days later.
David A. Bramble, Inc. won the construction package in September 2025, Airport Manager Micah Risher wrote in an Oct. 19 memo to County Manager Clay Stamp. Because of funding limits, he wrote, the airport reshuffled the project's original work items to focus on building the new runway, so the revised work differs from the add-on items in the 2025 bid. Change Order #1, negotiated with Bramble, sets out a way to build the runway "within the funding authorized by the FAA," the memo says.
Risher asks the council to take two actions at once. The first approves Change Order #1 to Bid 25-11 for Bramble to build the Runway 4 end pavement, for a total of $8,459,048. The second accepts AECOM's price proposal for professional engineering and construction-phase services, dated July 18, 2025, for $433,120.
The memo puts the total cost of this phase, Phase 4 of the airport's Airfield Modernization Program, at $8,892,168. It lists a Federal Aviation Administration Airport Improvement Program grant of $6,919,761, Maryland Aviation Administration grants of $752,824, $970,577 from Easton Airport and $249,006 in other dedicated FAA funds. The airport's fiscal 2027 budget includes $1,450,000 to cover the local share, and the memo says all of the funding is secured and the FAA and state grants are executed.
The airport has already announced that Runway 4/22 will close from 7 a.m. Oct. 29 until 5 p.m. Dec. 18, with Runway 15/33 staying open for normal operations. The airport's notice says it anticipates the runway will open for the Waterfowl Festival, Nov. 13–15, and Thanksgiving weekends, with specific dates and times to be announced.
The two requests are items IX.F and IX.G under the county manager's report. The council's open meeting begins at 5 p.m.
Source: Talbot County Government
Also: Talbot County Government (2), Easton Airport
Drawn from public records; drafted with AI and edited by Peter Gorman before publication.
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