The Naples Airport has launched a more than $25 million project that officials say will strengthen its resiliency in the event of a storm. Over the next year and a half, crews will install 1,080 elevated edge lights along runways and taxiways at the airport.
Watertight lights will be positioned 20 inches off the ground to protect against potential storm surge in the event of flooding. The new lights will be LEDs, providing more illumination and cost savings, officials say, compared with the incandescent lights currently positioned along the airfield.
The airport will also reconstruct its electrical vault — raising it 5 feet above its current elevation…