The U.S. Department of Transportation announced three grants\nfor infrastructure projects through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)\nFY2021 Airport Improvement Program. The grants, the first of approximately $3.2\nbillion in funding available through this program annually, will provide a\ntotal of $76 million to Chicago O\u2019Hare International, Dallas-Fort Worth\nInternational and Fort Lauderdale\/Hollywood International Airports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cModernizing our nation’s infrastructure is a top priority\nfor President Biden\u2019s economic agenda, and the Airport Improvement Program\nallows airports nationwide to upgrade and improve the safety of their\nfacilities,\u201d said U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg. \u201cThese\nimprovements\u2014at some of our nation’s busiest airports\u2014will serve our\ncommunities and the traveling public as we start to build our country back\nbetter.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The three airports are receiving funds under the terms of Letters of Intent<\/a> previously issued by the FAA, committing to a schedule of grant funding spread over multiple fiscal years. Grant awards include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chicago O\u2019Hare International will receive $25 million to\nreimburse the airport for the construction phase of Runway 9C\/27C that includes\nsite utilities, grading and pavement work. Runway 9C\/27C was commissioned on\nNovember 5, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dallas-Fort Worth International will receive $31 million to\nconstruct 10,200 feet of the Northeast end around taxiway system to eliminate\nthe need for aircraft to cross active runways. The taxiways are expected to be\ncompleted in September 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fort Lauderdale\/Hollywood International will receive $20\nmillion to reimburse the airport for the extension of Runway 10R\/28L to 8,000\nfeet. The extension allows higher service volume of aircraft and reduce delay\nof the existing traffic. The Runway 10R\/28L extension was completed and\ncommissioned on September 18, 2014, and all related improvements were completed\nin September 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEach airport project provides a benefit to the National\nAirspace System through safety and capacity enhancement,\u201d said FAA Administrator\nSteve Dickson. \u201cAs a former airline pilot, I can attest firsthand that the\ntraveling public are best served when the system handles demand without\nunnecessary delays.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Airport Improvement Program grants fund airport\ninfrastructure projects such as runways, taxiways, airport signage, airport\nlighting and airport markings. Annually, the grant program is funded for\napproximately $3.2 billion. These are\nthe first three grants of more than 1,500 grants to hundreds of U.S. airports\nthat the FAA will issue this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A complete listing of grants<\/a> (PDF) and an interactive map<\/a> of airports receiving funding is maintained on the FAA website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The U.S. Department of Transportation announced three grants for infrastructure projects through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) FY2021 Airport Improvement Program. The grants, the first of approximately $3.2 billion in funding available through this program annually, will provide a total of $76 million to Chicago O\u2019Hare International, Dallas-Fort Worth International and Fort Lauderdale\/Hollywood International Airports. […]<\/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":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17726","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=17726"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17727,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17726\/revisions\/17727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}