However, the proposed slope of nearly 65 ft (20 m) was needed to pass over the US 1 highway and the railroad tracks at the eastern end of the airport. The runway could not have been built further ...

Ron Harris, a member of Torchport Airpark, said, "The previous runway had quite a bit of slope to it, and this will be nice, flat and paved, obviously. We’re still going to have the crossing ...