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Marco Island Executive Airport taxiway groundbreaking

Commissioner Jim Coletta suggest the airport be renamed for his fellow commissioner Donna Fiala. Officials gathered at the Marco Island Executive Airport Thursday morning to break ground on the long-awaited taxiway expansion. Lance Shearer/Special to the Eagle

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Commissioner Jim Coletta suggest the airport be renamed for his fellow commissioner Donna Fiala. Officials gathered at the Marco Island Executive Airport Thursday morning to break ground on the long-awaited taxiway expansion. Lance Shearer/Special to the Eagle

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  • Shovels and hardhats await their ceremonial duties. Officials gathered at the Marco Island Executive Airport Thursday morning to break ground on the long-awaited taxiway expansion. Lance Shearer/Special to the Eagle
  • Officials gathered at the Marco Island Executive Airport Thursday morning to break ground on the long-awaited taxiway expansion. L-R, Chris Curry, Bob Twiddie, Leo Ochs, LLoyd Byerhof, Jim Coletta, Donna Fiala, Krystal Ritchey, Monica Aranegui, John Norman. Lance Shearer/Special to the Eagle
  • Officials gathered at the Marco Island Executive Airport Thursday morning to break ground on the long-awaited taxiway expansion. From right, county manager Leo Ochs, FAA representative Krystal Ritchey, commissioners Donna Fiala and Jim Coletta. Lance Shearer/Special to the Eagle
  • Donna Fiala lauds the project finally getting underway. Officials gathered at the Marco Island Executive Airport Thursday morning to break ground on the long-awaited taxiway expansion. Lance Shearer/Special to the Eagle
  • County Airport Authority executive director Chris Curry addresses the crowd. Officials gathered at the Marco Island Executive Airport in May to break ground on the long-awaited taxiway expansion. Lance Shearer/Special to the Eagle
  • The first part of a multi-year, multimillion dollar project to construct a taxiway at the Marco Island Executive Airport is to begin following a groundbreaking ceremony Friday, Feb. 26.
  • Commissioner Jim Coletta suggest the airport be renamed for his fellow commissioner Donna Fiala. Officials gathered at the Marco Island Executive Airport Thursday morning to break ground on the long-awaited taxiway expansion. Lance Shearer/Special to the Eagle
  • Marco Island Executive Airport officials are preparing for takeoff as a project to expand parking, and eventually constructing a taxiway, begins after a groundbreaking ceremony scheduled 11:30 a.m., on Friday, Feb. 26.

While Chris Curry spoke Thursday morning, the roar of jet engines revving up threatened to drown him out, and that was kind of the point. The Marco Island Executive Airport (MIEA) is a busy facility.

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