IE-1B Comm Study Area Participation on Metropolitan Planning Organization
Invite Keesler AFB to participate on the Mississippi Gulf Coast Metropolitan Planning
Organization Technical Coordinating Committee as a regional transportation stakeholder. Short
Term
IE-1C Comm Study Area Continued Coordination for Infrastructure Planning for Division Street Gate to Keesler
AFB
Keesler AFB and the City of Biloxi should continue to coordinate on the infrastructure
expansion for the new Division Street Gate. Coordination should begin early in the process and
continue throughout the life of the project to reduce costs and lost time on plan changes. On-
going
Strategy
Other Partners: Mississippi Department of Transportation, utility service providers
Geographic
Issue /
Strategy
ID #
IE-1A
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LAND / AIR / SEA SPACES
LAS-1 Shared Airspace with Recreational Aviation
Seaplane and helicopter tours and other recreation activities that utilize airspace along the Gulf of Mexico coastline, such as parasailing and unmanned aerial vehicles can
potentially traverse the Keesler AFB approach flight paths, which can increase the risk for aircraft mishaps.
LAS-1A Prog
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Develop an Aviation Tourism Safety Educational Program
Keesler AFB should work with the Harrison County Sand Beach Authority and various
organized recreational activity organizations in the JLUS Study Area, i.e. seaplane and
helicopter tours, parasailing, etc., to develop a recreational airspace safety educational
program. This program should inform the organizations and recreationalists of the conditions of
the area relative to military training. The conditions should include the distribution of
educational information, using existing resources, about the types of training operations that
occur along the coastline and the dangers associated with them. These brochures should be
made available by a number of methods which could include:
Make available on the Keesler AFB and local jurisdictions websites,
Provide brochures to Seaplane and Helicopter Tours and Parasailing companies for
distribution to their patrons, clientele as well as tourists, and/or
Short
Term
JLUS Report