{"id":12262,"date":"2019-03-12T14:09:57","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T14:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=12262"},"modified":"2019-03-12T14:09:59","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T14:09:59","slug":"state-approves-funding-for-hale-county-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/texas\/state-approves-funding-for-hale-county-airport\/%20","title":{"rendered":"State Approves Funding for Hale County Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The Texas Transportation Commission approved approximately\n$500,000 for the Hale County Airport during their regular scheduled February\nmeeting. The funds will be used as reimbursement for the acquisition of a\nhangar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project is being funded through the city of Plainview,\nHale County and the Texas Department of Transportation\u2019s (TxDOT) Aviation\nFacilities Grant Program, which preserves and improves the state\u2019s general\naviation system, including the Hale County Airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, TxDOT expects to provide approximately $60\nmillion in funding for planning, constructing and maintaining community\nairports. Approximately 275 community airports in Texas are eligible for\nfunding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arrivals and departures from community airports account for\nmore than three million flight hours per year and provide aircraft facilities\nfor agricultural, medical, business and commuter use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Texas Transportation Commission approved approximately $500,000 for the Hale County Airport during their regular scheduled February meeting. The funds will be used as reimbursement for the acquisition of a hangar. The project is being funded through the city of Plainview, Hale County and the Texas Department of Transportation\u2019s (TxDOT) Aviation Facilities Grant Program, which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-texas"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12262"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12263,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12262\/revisions\/12263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}