Len Lanetti
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Pittsburgh Business Times - 12:31 PM EST Wednesday
State releases federal funding for local airports
[font=Times New Roman,Times,Serif]The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation on Wednesday announced the release of more than $16 million in state and federal funds to help finance improvements at 31 public-use airports in the Commonwealth.
Allen Biehler, secretary of PennDOT, said the funds will be used for a variety of projects, including land acquisition, environmental and airport development planning, runway and taxiway reconstruction, maintenance and repair, security and lighting.
"Maintaining and improving our airport system is an investment in air safety and provides a boost to the economic vitality of the region and the state," PennDOT Secretary Allen Biehler. "Airports are a major economic catalyst, providing communities across the state with thousands of jobs and millions of dollars in economic benefits each year."
Local airports receiving funds include:
- Beaver County Airport, Beaver Falls, which will receive $73,125, to conduct an airport master plan.
- Zelienople Municipal Airport, Zelienople, which is slated to get $195,000, for installation of an automated weather observation system.
- Butler County Airport, Butler, which will receive $2,368,332, to pave and light a runway extension.
- Connellsville Airport, Connellsville, which will receive $312,000, for environmental mitigation of a hangar.
- Washington County Airport, Washington, which is slated to get $253,500, to conduct an airport master plan and an environmental assessment and to design runway rehabilitation.
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...tried to find out the names of the other airports but the PA DOT Aviation Grants department is closed for the day...they are going to call me back...I think the airport where I am based (KPTW) applied for funding.
Len