{"id":27880,"date":"2024-02-17T00:30:23","date_gmt":"2024-02-17T00:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=27880"},"modified":"2024-02-17T00:30:24","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T00:30:24","slug":"nearly-1-billion-in-grants-from-the-bipartisan-infrastructure-law-announced-to-improve-114-airports-across-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/news\/airports\/nearly-1-billion-in-grants-from-the-bipartisan-infrastructure-law-announced-to-improve-114-airports-across-the-u-s\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Nearly $1 Billion in Grants from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Announced to Improve 114 Airports Across the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is awarding $970\nmillion from the Bipartisan Investing in America agenda to 114 airports across\nthe country, spanning 44 states and three territories. This funding helps meet\nthe growing demand for air travel and launches projects that will improve\npassenger experience, accessibility, and sustainability while creating\ngood-paying jobs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investments enhancing the passenger experience include new\nbaggage systems, larger security checkpoints, increasing gate capacity, and\nmodernizing aging infrastructure throughout terminals and ground\ntransportation. These investments further increase terminal sustainability and\nimprove accessibility for individuals with disabilities. Nine grants will\naddress the needs of aging air traffic control towers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUnder this administration, we are doing more to improve the\ntravel experience than ever before, from expanding consumer protections to\nmodernizing the physical infrastructure,\u201d said U.S. Transportation Secretary\nPete Buttigieg. \u201cThese investments we\u2019re announcing today, made possible by\nPresident Biden\u2019s historic infrastructure package, will make it easier for\npassengers to get to and through airports, create jobs, and increase safety for\nall.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>View a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/bil\/airport-terminals\">data visualization<\/a> of the airports receiving funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s funding not only helps modernize airports to meet\nthe needs of travelers today and for years to come but also creates good-paying\njob opportunities in communities both large and small,\u201d said FAA Associate\nAdministrator for Airports, Shannetta R. Griffin, P.E.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These awards are on top of the nearly $2 billion for airport\nterminals announced over the past two years. The vast majority of these\nterminal projects are under construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many grants contain an element that will build new or\nexpanded terminal facilities. Among them are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>$35 million to Washington Dulles International\nAirport in Virginia: This award funds a portion of the construction of a\n14-gate, 400,000 sq. ft. terminal building including connections to the\nAerotrain and Metrorail.<\/li><li>$20 million to Salt Lake City International\nAirport in Utah: This award funds a portion of the Concourse B terminal\nexpansion that will include 16 gates. <\/li><li>$10 million to Hector International Airport in\nFargo, North Dakota: This award funds a portion of the rehabilitation and\nexpansion of the existing terminal. Rehabilitation includes upgrades to\nlighting, reconfiguration and expansion of hold rooms, and improve Americans\nwith Disabilities (ADA) compliance. Expansion includes four new gates for a\ntotal of nine, increasing hold room space, expanded ticketing\/baggage handling,\nexpanded restrooms and post-security concessions.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Many grants contain an element that will improve the\npassenger experience by improving security-screening areas, providing faster\nand more reliable baggage systems, and increasing accessibility for passengers\nwith disabilities. Among them are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>$40 million to Chicago O&#8217;Hare International\nAirport in Illinois: This award funds improvements to Terminal 3 to include\nincreasing the central passenger corridor width, a reconfigured TSA checkpoint,\nnew hold room, a new ADA compliant and family restroom, and updates to the\nbaggage system.<\/li><li>$26.6 million to Denver International Airport in\nColorado: This award funds a portion of the baggage handling system\nreplacement, including the control system. In addition, the new system will\nimprove energy efficiency and increase capacity.<\/li><li>$8.6 million to Kahului Airport in Hawai\u2018i: This\nproject funds the construction of a new two-story security screening checkpoint\nfacility at the south end of the ticket lobby (South TSA Checkpoint). The\nfacility will include six new TSA screening lanes. A pedestrian bridge will\nconnect the new checkpoint facility to hold room A and will span over the\nexisting service road.<\/li><li>$7.5 million to Louisville Muhammad Ali\nInternational Airport in Kentucky: This award funds a portion of the Terminal A\nsecurity screening expansion project, which consists of adding four screening\nlanes to the security checkpoint.<\/li><li>$2 million to Spokane International Airport in\nWashington: This award funds up to two additional ticket counters and passenger\nboarding bridges, and portions of the HVAC, mechanical, electrical, plumbing\nupgrades, shared use &amp; hearing-impaired technology, smart glass, solar\nenergy connection, baggage handling systems, and other considerable ADA\nimprovements.<\/li><li>$1.5 million to Ted Stevens Anchorage\nInternational Airport in Alaska: This award funds the installation of 110 audio\nand visual monitors and stations throughout the terminal to better serve the\npassengers.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Many grants will increase access to other modes of\ntransportation or improve roadways. Those include: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>$31 million to Los Angeles International Airport\nin California: This award funds two areas of the Auxiliary Curbs at ITF West\nand ITF East which includes a combination of new, extending, widening, and\nutility improvements of surrounding roadways. This also includes underground\nLow Impact Development (LID) storm water containment systems.<\/li><li>$8 million to Southwest Florida International\nAirport in Fort Myers, Florida: This award funds a portion of the\nreconfiguration and expansion of the terminal access and curbside roadways.<\/li><li>$7 million to Louis Armstrong New Orleans\nInternational Airport in Louisiana: This award funds construction of the\nfoundation for the North\/South Connector Road\u2019s north phase. The foundational\npiling operations will provide structural resiliency to withstand future\nclimatic events, which have deteriorated the soil and created environmental\nconcerns in past years. The new road will connect the airport\u2019s North and South\nterminals and will link the terminals to the airport\u2019s upcoming multimodal\ntransit facility that has passenger rail service.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Nine grants are awarded to airports to refurbish their\nairport owned airport traffic control towers. Among those are: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>$10 million to Duluth International Airport in\nMinnesota: This award funds the relocation of an Airport Owned Airport Traffic\nControl Tower, a non-standard tower commissioned in 1963. The project includes\ndesign, project formulation, site preparation, line of sight obstruction\nremoval, and other related actions.<\/li><li>$5.4 million to Martin State Airport in Middle\nRiver, Maryland: This award partially funds a new Airport Traffic Control Tower\nthat has reached the end of its useful life.<\/li><li>$4.5 million to Valley International Airport in\nHarlingen, Texas: This award funds approximately 25% of the construction costs\nof a new sponsor owned Airport Traffic Control Tower. This project replaces the\nexisting tower that has an identified line of sight impediment, is not ADA\ncompliant, and has structural integrity issues. Funding for this phase focuses\non the foundation and base of the tower construction.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Many grants contain an element that will increase terminal\nsustainability. Among them are: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>$31 million to San Francisco International\nAirport in California: This award will replace critical mechanical and\nelectrical components (VFDs, fans, dampers, actuators, control valves, sensors,\nand other associated elements) of the HVAC system at the International\nTerminal. Replacing these components will improve fire-life safety compliance,\nreduce energy usage, reduce maintenance costs, and improve resilience.<\/li><li>$27 million to Charlotte Douglas International\nAirport in North Carolina: This award funds the replacement of up to 16\nPassenger Boarding Bridges and associated Ground Power Units and\nPre-Conditioned Air units.<\/li><li>$3.4 million to Appleton International Airport\nin Wisconsin: This award funds the Expansion and Modernization Project that\nincludes a four-gate concourse expansion and will include a 60,000 sq. Ft.\nexpansion increasing the number of gates to10. This award will partially fund\nthe final phase of the concourse expansion project, including Passenger\nBoarding Bridges, a solar and sustainability program, and mechanical equipment.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Several grants contain an element that will go to improving\nairport access in smaller communities. Among them include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>$10 million to Punta Gorda Airport in Florida:\nThis award funds a portion of the terminal rehabilitation and expansion\nproject, which includes renovating the security checkpoint and adding public\ncirculation, hold room, and restroom space.<\/li><li>$6.5 million to Presque Isle International\nAirport in Maine: The airport will construct a new terminal to replace the\nexisting undersized terminal. The new terminal will be ADA compliant, include\nappropriate life safety upgrades, and improve energy efficiency. This award\nwill fund the early stages of the project, including construction of the\nsuperstructure and building enclosure.<\/li><li>$700,000 to Standing Rock Airport in Fort Yates,\nNorth Dakota: This award funds construction of a new general aviation terminal\nbuilding. There is no current terminal building, or other protective\nstructures, for pilots to get out of the elements. The airport is used for\nrecreational activity along with flights for medical emergencies and delivery\nof hospital and emergency staff to the area.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A complete list of airports receiving funding can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/bil\">online<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today\u2019s funding is from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/bil\/airport-terminals\">Airport Terminal Program<\/a>, one of three aviation programs created by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and comes on the heels of more than $240 million in funding for Airport Infrastructure Grants. The law provides $1 billion annually for five years for Airport Terminal Program grants. In total, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law provided a historic $25 billion to modernize our country\u2019s airport infrastructure. Learn more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/bil\">faa.gov\/bil<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Biden\u2019s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law makes a\nhistoric investment in our nation\u2019s infrastructure and competitiveness by\nrebuilding America\u2019s roads, bridges and rails, upgrading and expanding public\ntransit, and modernizing the nation\u2019s ports and airports. To date, the\nAdministration has announced over $415 billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law\nfunding for over 46,000 infrastructure projects across the nation and has\nmobilized over $640 billion in private sector manufacturing and clean energy investments\nin the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is awarding $970 million from the Bipartisan Investing in America agenda to 114 airports across the country, spanning 44 states and three territories. This funding helps meet the growing demand for air travel and launches projects that will improve passenger experience, accessibility, and sustainability while creating good-paying jobs. 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