Secretarul american pentru transporturi, 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 Administrația federală a aviației (FAA) Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.
„Proiectele de infrastructură finanțate prin aceste granturi vor îmbunătăți siguranța, vor îmbunătăți călătoriile, vor genera locuri de muncă și vor oferi alte beneficii economice pentru comunitățile locale”, a declarat secretarul american pentru transport, 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.
Infrastructura aeroportuară din Statele Unite, cu 3,332 de aeroporturi și 5,000 de piste pavate, susține competitivitatea noastră economică și îmbunătățește calitatea vieții. Conform celei mai recente analize economice a FAA, aviația civilă americană reprezintă 1.6 trilioane de dolari în activitatea economică totală și susține aproape 11 milioane de locuri de muncă. Sub conducerea secretarului Chao, Departamentul oferă investiții AIP pentru poporul american, care depinde de o infrastructură de încredere.
Aeroporturile pot primi o anumită sumă de finanțare pentru drepturile AIP în fiecare an, pe baza nivelurilor de activitate și a nevoilor proiectului. Dacă proiectele lor de capital depășesc fondurile disponibile pentru drepturi, FAA își poate suplimenta drepturile cu finanțare discreționară.
Unele dintre subvențiile includ:
• 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.
