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Grants announced for North Dakota airport improvement
Both Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer announced Friday of more than $21 million in DOT grants for airports in the state.
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Renovations completed at Maine municipal airport
Rangeley has finished a renovation of the Stephen A. Bean Municipal Airport that has expanded the runway to four hundred thirty feet. Saturday, they celebrated two years of hard work by many organizers and individuals. With an $11.5 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration, it was made possible.
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Houston doesn’t need another airport tax
Houston small business owner Dave Massey weighed in against a plan being pushed by airport executives to increase the PFC, an add-on tax airports charge consumers. “If the airport authorities get their way, that small tax can be virtually anything the individual airports want it to be… meaning they can tax whatever they want,” writes
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New Orleans airport flyover ramp expected to finish early
Construction for the new flyover ramps at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport is beginning ahead of schedule, several years ahead of its initial opening date. This comes as the airport is in the midst of a $1 billion terminal construction project.
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Grand Junction Regional Airport terminal work nears completion
Work on a multi-million dollar renovation project at the Grand Junction Regional Airport is nearly complete after less than a year of construction. The airport budgeted roughly $5.7 million for the first major overhaul of the terminal since the current airport building opened in 1982. Airport Director Angela Padalecki said the project is slated to
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Build up demand for Billings air travel
The $55 million airport renovation will expand the number of gates, revamp the security area for greater efficiency and passenger convenience, airport director Kevin Ploehn said. It will make elevators easy to find and provide attractive new space for restaurants outside and inside security.
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FAA grant to help fund wildlife fence needed at Pueblo airport
The city has secured and accepted a Federal Aviation Administration grant in the amount of close to $3.8 million to construct a wildlife fence at Pueblo Memorial Airport.
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$1.46M Beverly Regional Airport runway rehabilitation project completed
Beverly Regional Airport Manager Gloria Bouillon has announced that the airport’s runway rehabilitation project was completed on an accelerated timeline, saving the organization more than $300,000 in otherwise lost revenue. The $1.46 million project was funded by a $1.3 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), $73,245 grant from MassDOT, and $73,245 from the
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Colorado airport expansion takes step forward
With grant funding in hand, Montrose Regional Airport is launching the first phase of design work necessary for terminal expansion. Montrose County Commissioners Sue Hansen and Roger Rash on Tuesday approved a grant agreement for roughly $682,200 from the Federal Aviation Administration, with a county and state match of $37,900, each.