ZELIENOPLE — Borough council Monday night approved an agreement with the Zelienople Airport Authority for water service, the latest improvement that have been ongoing for more than a year at the airport.

The airport authority will pay a $28,847 system tap-in fee to the borough.

Councilman Russ Robertson, who is on the authority board, told council members that the work on the airport’s water distribution system is almost complete.

Through a state grant and private investment, the airport also has torn down some old hangars and now is replacing them with larger ones.

The master plan for the airport calls for development of four sets of 14-unit T-hangars, two sets and 13 total small box hangars and eight individual larger box hangars. The ramp area is planned to have a fueling area and aircraft wash rack.

The water connection follows the airport’s lengthy effort, which included several court battles, to get sewage service to its 400-acre property, which is just over the borough line in Franklin Township, Beaver County.