LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — The Bluegrass Station Airport expansion project had neighbors in Bourbon County worried about their future. "The last two weeks. I thought and all my neighbors thought we would have no home," said Eleanor Stilson, a horse farmer.
Around the area, Stilson and other neighbors protested with signs expressing their concerns about the project.
However, the Director of Bluegrass Station, Stephen Collins, recently released a statement saying the project is closed. Still, as Stilson read the statement, the comment “Punishment for Patriotism” stood out to her.
"Initially, I was excited,” said Stilson. “And then as I read the email publicly released by Mr. Collins, I was insulted."
Stilson said she could not think of anything more patriotic than what they were doing.
“Telling the government, you can't take my land and you can't take my neighbors' land to build an airport with ten to twenty private jets a day," said Stilson.
Even Governor Andy Beshear released a statement about the Bluegrass Project, stating, "Given the Project has never met the threshold of the required local support, it should not move forward, and I will not support its inclusion in any final budget this year or in the coming years.”
Stilson says she and her neighbors plan to work on removing funding for the project in House Bill 6.
