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City of Renton leased tie-down spaces and hangars on the east side of Renton Airport, near Cedar River
Dozens of Renton pilots have abruptly learned they must delay their business activities and/or make new summer travel plans. Renton Airport Management just advised tenants in Cedar River Hangars and the Windsock Tie-down area that they won’t be able to access their airplanes for two of the most popular weeks of the summer flying season. The airport has been working on replacing security gates; the work has experienced delays, and has been criticized previously for not being well coordinated with airport users.
This lack of access from July 15 to July 28 is extra-aggravating since the airport is also closing the runway for 10 hours a day during three separate two-week periods this summer and fall, and the airport sharply increased the monthly lease prices of hangar and tie-down facilities by 42-74% a year ago.
Given all the significant disruptions, it seems it would have been appropriate to hold off on the hefty price hikes, and to credit the tenants for the weeks they can’t use the airport.
And tenants deserved more advanced notice of the lack of access to their airplanes and rented property, and more notice of the runway closures. The Airport Management should strive to do better in the future.
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