Wolf Administration Announces Investments to Improve Nine Airports

Wolf Administration Announces Investments to Improve Nine Airports

1/19/2018-KING OF PRUSSIA

– Nine airports will make safety and equipment upgrades with the assistance
of
nearly $2.4 million in state investments, Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation Secretary Leslie S. Richards announced today.

"Supporting our roughly 400 airports not only keeps goods and people
moving,
but also supports hundreds of thousands of jobs," Richards said. "These
investments ensure safe operations and assist with key upgrades."

The funds are distributed through the Aviation Development Program, which
is
funded by the state's jet fuel tax, and leverage $665,125 in local matching

funds. Public-use airports in the state are eligible for the program.

The program complements the state Multimodal Fund, which dedicates $6.2
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.

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

Armstrong County: McVille Airport -- $45,000 state investment to acquire
equipment to maintain the airfield.

Bucks County: Pennridge Airport -- $600,000 state investment to reconstruct
a
taxiway.

Crawford County: Port Meadville Airport -- $337,500 to rehabilitate an
existing
fuel facility.

Lackawanna County: Seamans Airport -- $73,500 state investment to
rehabilitate
the existing runway.

Lancaster County: Donegal Springs Airport -- $292,500 state investment to
rehabilitate the existing aircraft parking apron and expand an existing
taxiway.

Lackawanna/Luzerne County: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport --
$279,375 state investment to acquire equipment to maintain the airfield and

terminal area.

McKean County: Bradford Regional Airport -- $112,500 state investment to
acquire airfield maintenance equipment such as mowers, painting machines to

apply pavement markings that are needed by airport personnel to operate and

maintain the airport.

Somerset County: Somerset County Airport -- $75,000 state investment to
design
a new above-ground fuel facility.

Washington County: Finleyville Airport -- $540,000 state investment to
rehabilitate the existing runway.

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