{"id":18050,"date":"2021-03-27T19:57:58","date_gmt":"2021-03-27T19:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=18050"},"modified":"2021-03-27T19:58:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-27T19:58:00","slug":"state-aviation-officials-support-bill-to-incentivize-early-completion-of-critical-airport-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/national-news\/state-aviation-officials-support-bill-to-incentivize-early-completion-of-critical-airport-projects\/%20","title":{"rendered":"State Aviation Officials Support Bill to Incentivize Early Completion of Critical Airport Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO)\nsent a letter to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure in\nsupport of H.R. 468, the Expedited Delivery of Airport Infrastructure Act of\n2021, and urged Committee members to vote in favor of the bill as part of the\nMarch 24th markup. The bill passed out of committee today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/greg-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18051\" width=\"170\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/greg-2.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/greg-2-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/greg-2-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/greg-2-60x60.jpeg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 170px) 100vw, 170px\" \/><figcaption><em>Greg Pecoraro<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAirport Improvement Program (AIP) funds are a critical\nsource of funding for airport safety, capacity, and security projects,\u201d said\nNASAO President and CEO Gregory Pecoraro. \u201cThis bill would give airports the\nneeded flexibility other modes of transportation currently have to reduce the\ntime projects are completed, thereby minimizing the disruptions to airport\noperations and enabling airports to focus on other critical projects.\nAdditionally, it would help airports to efficiently use funds in the CARES Act,\n2021 Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, and the\nAmerican Rescue Plan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bill was introduced by House Committee on Transportation\nand Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Subcommittee on\nAviation Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-LA).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) sent a letter to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure in support of H.R. 468, the Expedited Delivery of Airport Infrastructure Act of 2021, and urged Committee members to vote in favor of the bill as part of the March 24th markup. The bill passed out [&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":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18050","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\/18050","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=18050"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18052,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18050\/revisions\/18052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}