Franklin County is moving forward on a plan to install a new fuel farm at the airport in Apalachicola

Franklin County is moving forward on a plan to install a new fuel farm at the airport in Apalachicola.

County RESTORE coordinator Alan Pierce said that Triumph Gulf Coast has agreed to spend just over a million dollars to fund the project.

The TRIUMPH Board sees the project as a benefit to the entire region because of the critical role the Apalachicola airport played after Hurricane Michael

It was the only airport able to deliver fuel for an area between Tallahassee and almost Pensacola.

And while everything worked well, it could have been much different because of the age of the fuel farm.

The Triumph funding will allow the county to replace the aging fuel farm as well as install a back-up generator. 

County staff will now work with TRIUMPH Gulf Coast to create a “term sheet”, which is a list of requirements for receiving the funds.   

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