{"id":21910,"date":"2022-05-02T21:49:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T21:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=21910"},"modified":"2022-05-02T21:49:02","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T21:49:02","slug":"state-awards-20m-to-11-regional-airport-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/new-mexico\/state-awards-20m-to-11-regional-airport-projects\/%20","title":{"rendered":"State Awards $20M to 11 Regional Airport Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) Aviation\nDivision will award $20 million to 11 regional airport projects, including $1.9\nmillion to Los Alamos, that will benefit existing facilities and create new\ninfrastructure benefiting both commercial and general aviation, as well as\nlocal economies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The airport projects will be supported through two funding\nsources. During the 2021 special legislative session, $10 million was allocated\nfrom the American Rescue Plan Appropriation (APRA) funds for statewide regional\nairports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, during the 2022 legislative session House Bill\n(HB) 2 awarded $5 million for essential air service for FY23-25 and another $5\nmillion for regional airport projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The projects were drafted from existing Airport Capital\nImprovement Plans developed by New Mexico communities with airports. The NMDOT\nAviation Division then scored the project proposals based on four criteria:\nsafety, Federal Aviation Administration, priorities, development status and\nsubjective need determination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am confident in the Aviation Division\u2019s staff knowledge\nof funding processes and their experience assisting airports in developing\ncomprehensive capital improvement plans gives the department confidence the\nselected projects will have a positive impact on the states aviation system for\nboth general and commercial aviation,\u201d Transportation Secretary Mike Sandoval\nsaid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The selected aviation projects subsidized with the $10\nmillion ARPA funds include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Los Alamos County Airport receives $1.9 million\nto construct a new fuel farm to service general aviation with both Avgas and\nJet-A;<\/li><li>Santa Fe Municipal Airport receives $1.1 million\nto purchase a new Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) truck. As well as\npavement repair and maintenance of taxiway\u2019s (A, C, J) $450,000.<\/li><li>Silver City Grant County Airport receives a\ntotal of $2,650,000 for an ARFF truck and a new fuel farm.<\/li><li>Tucumcari Municipal Airport receives $1.3\nmillion for new fuel farm construction.<\/li><li>Truth or Consequences Regional Airport receives\n$1 million to address fuel farm safety issues; and<\/li><li>Taos Municipal Airport receives $1.6 million to\nrehabilitate the commercial aircraft parking apron.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The remaining projects are funded through HB 2:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Grants \u2013 Milan Municipal Airport receives $2.6\nmillion for a new hanger and terminal and medivac station; and <\/li><li>Taos Municipal Airport receives $2.4 million\ntowards completion of the commercial apron.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) Aviation Division will award $20 million to 11 regional airport projects, including $1.9 million to Los Alamos, that will benefit existing facilities and create new infrastructure benefiting both commercial and general aviation, as well as local economies. The airport projects will be supported through two funding sources. 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