Wolf Administration Announces Investments to Improve 23 Airports

Wolf Administration Announces Investments to Improve 23 Airports

8/22/2016-HARRISBURG

Twenty-three airports will make safety upgrades and expand operation
opportunities with the assistance of $8.8 million in state investments,
Governor Tom Wolf announced today.

"Maintaining and expanding opportunities in our transportation system
includes
the more than 400 airports in our state," Governor Wolf said. "Hundreds of
thousands of jobs are supported by aviation in Pennsylvania, and these
investments will help them operate safely, expand to meet demands, or
attract
more growth."

Included in the grants is $5.4 million distributed through the Aviation
Transportation Assistance Program, which is a capital budget grant program
funded with bonds. The grants leverage nearly $3.6 million in local
matching
funds. Authorized by the General Assembly, the grants are administered by
PennDOT's Bureau of Aviation.

The investments also include $3.4 million in state funding from PennDOT's
Aviation Development Program, which comes from the state's jet fuel tax and

leverages $1.1 million in local matching funds. Public-use airports in the
state are eligible for the Aviation Development Program.

The program complements the state Multimodal Fund, which dedicates $6
million
to aviation in this fiscal year alone. The fund was created by Act 89, a
far-reaching transportation funding program that clears the way for
significant
investments in all transportation modes.

For more information on aviation in Pennsylvania visit www.penndot.gov.

MEDIA CONTACT: Rich Kirkpatrick, 717-783-8800

Following is a by-county list of approved aviation projects under the
programs
with the state share:

Allegheny County: Allegheny County Airport -- $150,000 to rehabilitate
airport
buildings.

Beaver County: Zelienople Municipal Airport -- $375,000 to construct a
fueling
facility.

Bucks County:
• Doylestown Airport -- $2.3 million to acquire property adjacent to the
airport to allow for future expansion of the airport's terminal area,
including
a new terminal building with auto parking, and the northwest T-hangar
complex.
• Pennridge Airport -- $560,750 to reconstruct an apron, design the
reconstruction of the taxiway and to study obstructions to aircraft
approaching
the airport.
• Quakertown Airport -- $150,000 to demolish a 70-year old equipment
storage
building and construct a new one.

Butler County: Butler Farm Show Airport -- $135,000 to improve airport
drainage, rehabilitate a taxiway and install an access gate and fencing.

Cambria County: John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County Airport -- $150,000 to

complete repairs to existing hangars on the airfield.

Centre County: University Park Airport -- $713,750 to acquire airport
equipment
to maintain and operate the airfield and to continue rehabilitating the
general
aviation apron to bring it into compliance with federal design standards.

Columbia County: Bloomsburg Municipal Airport -- $200,000 for the final
construction phase of the terminal building.

Crawford County: Port Meadville Airport -- $37,500 to design the future
rehabilitation of its fuel farm.

Lancaster County: Lancaster Airport -- $200,000 to construct three new box
hangars to accommodate newer privately owned aircraft based at the airport.

Lawrence County: New Castle Municipal Airport -- $250,000 to complete
expansion
of the existing hangar and enhance security by replacing existing fencing
and
installing new fencing, gates, cameras and camera equipment.

Lebanon County: Deck Airport -- $90,000 to install a new airport weather
observation system that reports current weather conditions to pilots.

Luzerne County: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport -- $550,000 to
rehabilitate the existing parking garage.

McKean County: Bradford Regional Airport -- $150,000 to replace the
existing
hangar door and track foundation system to allow for opening and closure
for a
hangar on the airport.

Mercer County: Greenville Municipal Airport -- $10,800 to prepare airport
hazard zoning ordinances that local municipalities can enact.

Montgomery County: Wings Field -- $124,995 to remove obstructions.

Philadelphia: Penns Landing-Pier 36 Heliport -- $328,013 to rehabilitate
the
seawall below the heliport.

Venango County: Venango Regional Airport -- $150,000 to acquire airport
equipment to replace and augment existing that helps maintain and operate
the
airport.

Washington County: Washington County Airport -- $1 million to purchase an
existing hangar and office, allowing the county to continue providing
essential
hangar space and aviation-related office space.

Westmoreland County: Arnold Palmer Regional Airport -- $375,000 to acquire
equipment to remove and prevent ice build-up on aircraft.

Wyoming County: Skyhaven Airport -- $225,000 to construct a taxiway and
rehabilitate hangar ramps.

York County: York Airport -- $646,875 to rehabilitate the runway.



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