Charlotte County aviation training center on track for December finish

About two months after breaking ground, construction is well underway on an aviation training facility at Punta Gorda Airport in Charlotte County.

Charlotte Technical College is building the training center within the PGD Aviation Expansion Area at the airport, using $5.75 million in state funding.

The college says in an update Tuesday that the foundation has been poured and contractors are finishing up the initial plumbing stage. The slab for the next phase of construction is scheduled to be poured within the next week even as site work continues.