Despite opposition from some neighbors of Paulding County’s airport, local officials voted Tuesday to take another major step toward preparing the small airport for airline service.

During a morning meeting at the airport’s new terminal building some 38 miles northwest of downtown Atlanta, the Paulding County Airport Authority unanimously approved issuing $3.4 million in bonds to pay for a taxiway expansion.

That was followed in the evening by the Paulding County Commission voting 3-1 to approve the 10-year bond issue.