{"id":14413,"date":"2019-12-09T21:47:40","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T21:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=14413"},"modified":"2019-12-09T21:48:36","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T21:48:36","slug":"georgia-airports-to-receive-12-6-million-in-federal-funds-for-safety-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/georgia\/georgia-airports-to-receive-12-6-million-in-federal-funds-for-safety-infrastructure\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Georgia Airports to Receive $12.6 Million in Federal Funds for Safety, Infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Five Georgia airports are expected to be recipients of U.S.\nDepartment of Transportation (USDOT) Airport Improvement Program grants as part\nof a total $485 million in airport infrastructure grants to be awarded to 108\nairports across the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGeorgia is home to over 100 public use airports, ranging\nfrom small general aviation airports to the busiest airport in the world,\nHartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport,\u201d said Governor Brian P. Kemp.\n\u201cOur smaller airports are huge factors in supporting Georgia\u2019s robust economy,\nthe flow of freight, the creation of jobs, and keeping our ranking as the top\nstate for business for seven years straight.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Georgia airports to receive anticipated grants are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Cartersville Airport will be awarded $2.73 million to improve a runway safety area<\/li><li>Columbus Airport will be awarded $3.53 million to modify its terminal building<\/li><li>Hazlehurst Airport will be awarded $2.4 million to rehabilitate a runway<\/li><li>Perry-Houston County Airport will be awarded $2.0 million to construct an apron<\/li><li>Kaolin Field (Sandersville) will be awarded $2.0 million to rehabilitate a runway &#8211; (pictured above)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are grateful that the federal government has identified\nthese regional airports for USDOT Airport Improvement Grants,\u201d said GDOT\nCommissioner Russell R. McMurry, P.E. \u201cSafety across all modes of\ntransportation is our number one priority. These anticipated grants will\nenhance airport safety operations by providing much-needed preventive\nmaintenance and infrastructure improvements.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For information about Georgia DOT\u2019s Aviation Programs, visit\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dot.ga.gov\/IS\/AirportAid\">http:\/\/www.dot.ga.gov\/IS\/AirportAid<\/a>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five Georgia airports are expected to be recipients of U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Airport Improvement Program grants as part of a total $485 million in airport infrastructure grants to be awarded to 108 airports across the nation. \u201cGeorgia is home to over 100 public use airports, ranging from small general aviation airports to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14414,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-georgia"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kaolin-Field-in-Sandersville.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14413","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=14413"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14416,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14413\/revisions\/14416"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}