Američka ministrica saobraćaja Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Department will award $986 million in airport infrastructure grants to 354 airports in 44 states and Puerto Rico and Micronesia. This is the fifth allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Federalna uprava za vazduhoplovstvo (FAA) Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.
„Infrastrukturni projekti koji se finansiraju ovim grantovima unaprediće bezbednost, poboljšati putovanja, stvoriti radna mesta i obezbediti druge ekonomske koristi za lokalne zajednice“, rekla je američka sekretarka za saobraćaj Elaine L. Chao.
Selected projects include runway reconstruction and rehabilitation, construction of firefighting facilities, noise mitigation, emissions reduction, and the maintenance of taxiways, aprons, and terminals. The construction and equipment supported by this funding increase the airports’ safety, emergency response capabilities, and capacity, and could support further economic growth and development within each airport’s region.
Infrastruktura aerodroma u Sjedinjenim Državama, sa 3,332 aerodroma i 5,000 asfaltiranih pista, podržava našu ekonomsku konkurentnost i poboljšava kvalitet života. Prema najnovijoj ekonomskoj analizi FAA, američka civilna avijacija čini 1.6 biliona dolara ukupne ekonomske aktivnosti i podržava skoro 11 miliona radnih mjesta. Pod rukovodstvom sekretara Chaoa, Odjel isporučuje AIP investicije za američki narod, koji ovisi o pouzdanoj infrastrukturi.
Aerodromi mogu dobiti određeni iznos sredstava iz AIP prava svake godine na osnovu nivoa aktivnosti i potreba projekta. Ako njihove potrebe za kapitalnim projektima premašuju njihova raspoloživa sredstva, FAA može dopuniti njihova prava diskrecionim finansiranjem.
Neke od grant nagrada uključuju:
• Burlington International Airport in Vermont, $16 million – grant funds will be used to reconstruct Taxiway G.
• International Falls Airport in Minnesota, $15.9 million – the airport owner will use the grant to reconstruct Runway 13/31.
• Grant County International Airport in Washington, $10 million – the airport owner will reconstruct Runway 14L/32R.
• Kenai Municipal Airportin Alaska, $6.5 million – the grant will fund the construction of an aircraft rescue and firefighting training facility.
• Lake Elmo Airport in Minnesota, $1.2 million – the grant will fund the reconstruction of Runway 14/32 and Taxiway B.
• Philadelphia International Airport in Pennsylvania, $13.4 million – funds will be used to reconstruct Taxiway K.
• Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport in Maryland, $3.4 million – the grant will be used to rehabilitate Taxiway A and the air carrier apron to maintain pavement integrity.
• St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport in Florida, $19.7 million – the airport will rehabilitate Runway 18/36.
• St. Louis Lambert International Airport in Missouri, $1,532,711 – under the Voluntary Airport Low Emissions (VALE) program, funds will be used to install four pre-conditioned air and ground power units to reduce emissions on the airport
• San Francisco International Airport in California, $6.4 million – funds will mitigate noise around the airport by installing noise mitigation measures for residences affected by airport noise.
• University of Oklahoma Westheimer Airport in Oklahoma, $5.1 million – funds will be used to rehabilitate Taxiways C, D, and E.
