AS part of its continuing effort to reduce the Westchester County Airport’s toll on the environment, the county has replaced all of the airport’s motorized ground service equipment, like aircraft tractors, water trucks and baggage loaders, with electric versions.
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AS part of its continuing effort to reduce the Westchester County Airport’s toll on the environment, the county has replaced all of the airport’s motorized ground service equipment, like aircraft tractors, water trucks and baggage loaders, with electric versions.
Based on the current price of gasoline, the new equipment is expected to save the county about $200,000 a year in fuel costs, and it will eliminate the emission of 27,000 tons of greenhouse gases over the vehicles’ 14-year life span, county and environmental officials said. The previous equipment used about 121,000 gallons of fuel a year, they said.
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The 25 pieces of new equipment cost a total of $2.47 million. A Federal Aviation Administration grant covered $1.1 million of that cost. The airport paid for the rest, county officials said.
County Executive Andrew J. Spano said at a Jan. 14 news conference announcing the purchases that, given the fuel costs, the airport expects to recoup the cost of the equipment in five to six years. The environmental benefit — reducing emissions that cause global warming — will be more immediate, he said. “It’s getting carbon out of the atmosphere,†Mr. Spano said.
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