{"id":14605,"date":"2020-01-20T13:38:59","date_gmt":"2020-01-20T13:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=14605"},"modified":"2020-01-20T13:40:45","modified_gmt":"2020-01-20T13:40:45","slug":"wv-aeronautics-commission-distributes-388k-in-airport-improvement-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/west-virginia\/wv-aeronautics-commission-distributes-388k-in-airport-improvement-grants\/%20","title":{"rendered":"WV Aeronautics Commission Distributes $388k in Airport Improvement Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Gov. Jim Justice and leaders with the West Virginia\nAeronautics Commission have announced that a combined total of $388,203 in\ngrant funding has been secured for airports across the state. The grants were\napproved during the WVAC\u2019s meeting on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"
Gov. Jim Justice<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve said over and over that our airports in West Virginia\nare our lifeblood,\u201d Gov. Justice said. \u201cThey are right up there with our\nschools as the very top things driving growth in our local communities and\nthat\u2019s why it\u2019s so important to dedicate every dollar we possibly can to make sure\nthey are the top-of-the-line facilities we need them to be.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two airports will receive grants from Special Revenue,\nprovided by the Aviation Fuel Tax, to provide a portion of the local match for\nadditional Federal Aviation Administration Grants:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

North Central West Virginia Airport will receive $53,958\nfrom the WVAC to go toward a project related to the extension and renovation of\na de-icing system, and<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yeager Airport in Charleston will receive $334,245 from the\nWVAC to go towards projects to rebuild the runway safety area, provide security\nimprovements, and improve upon energy efficiency of their operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The combined WVAC grant total on these projects is $388,203\nand opens up access to over $6 million more in funding from the FAA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"
Sean Hill<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe level of support the Aeronautics Commission has been\nable to display under Governor Justice\u2019s leadership has been unprecedented,\u201d\nAeronautics Director Sean Hill said. \u201cWe thank the Governor for his continued\nleadership and we are excited to put this funding to good use.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Earlier on Thursday, the WVAC and the West Virginia Airport Managers\u2019 Association hosted the 3rd Annual Aviation Day at the Legislature in the Upper Rotunda at the State Capitol Building in Charleston to draw attention to the special role aviation plays in West Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gov. Justice also issued a proclamation, designating Jan. 16, 2020 as Aviation Day in West Virginia. A ceremony was held in the Governor\u2019s Reception Room at the State Capitol Building to present the proclamation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gov. Jim Justice and leaders with the West Virginia Aeronautics Commission have announced that a combined total of $388,203 in grant funding has been secured for airports across the state. The grants were approved during the WVAC\u2019s meeting on Thursday. \u201cI\u2019ve said over and over that our airports in West Virginia are our lifeblood,\u201d Gov. […]<\/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":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-west-virginia"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14605","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=14605"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14612,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14605\/revisions\/14612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}