LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Chennault International Airport officials will hire a design company for preliminary work on expanding the airfield’s taxiway into a second runway.

The American Press (http://bit.ly/cseYHv ) reports the airport’s Board of Commissioners will pay AVCON Inc. $227,525 for the work.

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The second runway will cost up to $9 million. Funding will be funded by the Federal Aviation Administration and the state. It will be 150 feet wide and 8,000 feet long.