{"id":48,"date":"2009-03-30T20:32:39","date_gmt":"2009-03-30T20:32:39","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-03-30T20:32:39","modified_gmt":"2009-03-30T20:32:39","slug":"us-transportation-secretary-ray-lahood-announces-more-28-million-arizona-airports-under-econ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/arizona\/us-transportation-secretary-ray-lahood-announces-more-28-million-arizona-airports-under-econ\/%20","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Announces More Than $28 Million for Arizona Airports Under Economic Recovery Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; color: black;\">PHOENIX <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; color: black;\">&#8211; U.S. Secretary of        Transportation Ray LaHood today announced more than $28 million for        Arizona airports under the recently enacted American Recovery and        Reinvestment Act (ARRA), including a $10.5 million grant for taxiway        rehabilitation at the heavily traveled Phoenix Sky Harbor International        Airport.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; color: black;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; color: black;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &ldquo;This        Administration is committed to getting the U.S. economy going again and        these grants are part of making that happen,&rdquo; said Secretary LaHood.&nbsp; &ldquo;We        are creating jobs here in Arizona while investing in the long-term safety        and economic vitality of our airports.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; color: black;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; color: black;\">The Federal Aviation        Administration (FAA) grant to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport        will pay for improvements to Taxiway C, a major taxiway on the airport&rsquo;s        north side. The project includes replacing asphalt with more durable        concrete, as well as installing new pavement marking, lighting and signs.&nbsp;        Phoenix Sky Harbor served about 40 million passengers last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; color: black;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; color: black;\">Secretary LaHood said the        following Arizona airports will also receive ARRA funding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; color: black;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in;\">\n<li style=\"color: black;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Verdana\" style=\"font-size: 9pt;\">Tucson International Airport          will receive $1.85 million for installing new security equipment.<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in;\">\n<li style=\"color: black;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Verdana\" style=\"font-size: 9pt;\">Sierra Vista Municipal          Airport in, Sierra Vista, Arizona, will receive $6 million to          rehabilitate Runway 12\/30.<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in;\">\n<li style=\"color: black;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Verdana\" style=\"font-size: 9pt;\">Kingman Airport in Kingman          Arizona will receive $5 million to rehabilitate aircraft parking aprons.<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in;\">\n<li style=\"color: black;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Verdana\" style=\"font-size: 9pt;\">Taylor Municipal Airport in          Taylor Arizona will receive $3.5 million to rehabilitate a runway.<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in;\">\n<li style=\"color: black;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Verdana\" style=\"font-size: 9pt;\">Avi Suquilla Airport in          Parker, Arizona will receive $1.8 million to rehabilitate two taxiways.<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; color: black;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; color: black;\">About 3,400 airports designated        as part of the national airport system are eligible to receive Recovery        Act funds. The FAA is moving swiftly to work with airport sponsors to        ensure that eligible projects have completed, or nearly completed, design        and planning requirements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; color: black;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; color: black;\">Under the Recovery Act, the FAA        received $1.1 billion for qualified airports on a discretionary basis.        That funding will be allocated based on a project priority system that        addresses airport safety and security, infrastructure, runway safety,        increased capacity, and mitigation of environmental impacts. <\/span>       <span style=\"font-size: 9pt;\"><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; color: black;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Secretary LaHood        said the Obama Administration is committed to getting ARRA money into the        economy as quickly as possible.&nbsp; He noted that President Obama signed the        ARRA into law on February 17, less than one month after taking the oath of        office.&nbsp; Less than two weeks later, on March 3, LaHood joined President        Obama and Vice President Biden at an historic announcement at the U.S.        Department of Transportation to mark the release of $26.6 billion to the        states and localities for highways, roads and bridges.&nbsp; The release of        funds came eight days earlier than required by law.&nbsp; <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; color: black;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; color: black;\">On March 5, Secretary LaHood        joined Vice President Biden and Miami Mayor Manny Diaz to announce the        availability of $8.4 billion for transit infrastructure.&nbsp; On March 12,        Secretary LaHood announced that Pittsburgh International and Allegheny        County Airports had received the first funding allocations for airport        infrastructure projects, and on March 13, Vice President Biden <\/span>       <span style=\"font-size: 9pt;\">announced that DOT made $1.3 billion        available to Amtrak for capital and security improvements.&nbsp;<\/span><b><span style=\"font-size: 9pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 9pt;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Secretary LaHood noted that in early        February, prior to the passage of the ARRA, he had established a team        within the Department of Transportation to ensure that economic recovery        funding is rapidly made available for transportation infrastructure        projects and that project spending is monitored and transparent. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHOENIX &#8211; U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood today announced more than $28 million for Arizona airports under the recently enacted American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), including a $10.5 million grant for taxiway rehabilitation at the heavily traveled Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &ldquo;This Administration is committed to getting the U.S. economy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arizona","category-news-release"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48","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=48"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}