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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced Tuesday it had awarded more than $31 million in grants to nine airports across the country for projects aimed at expediting goods movement.
Funding for the grants comes from the Airport Improvement Program, which finances projects for constructing new and improved airport facilities, runway and taxiway repairs, airfield maintenance, and equipment purchases.
“Every day, we rely on goods transported through our nation’s airports,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. “Today’s announcement will make improvements at airports across our country so they can handle cargo more efficiently and help strengthen America’s supply chains.”
Grants included $6.8 million for the Chicago Rockford International Airport in Rockford, Ill., to construct a 4,267-foot taxiway and connectors; $8.1 million for the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport to reconstruct a taxi lane and rehabilitate the apron at the airport; and $197,310 for the Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport in Warwick, Rhode Island for a new 60,000 square-yard cargo apron.
“These grants will provide lasting benefits today and well into the future for our economy,” said Deputy FAA Administrator A. Bradley Mims.
