Wolf Administration Announces Investments to Improve 14 Airports

Wolf Administration Announces Investments to Improve 14 Airports

5/25/2018-KING OF PRUSSIA

Fourteen airports will make safety upgrades or expand operation
opportunities
with the assistance of $15 million in state investments, Governor Wolf
announced today.
"Aviation serves as a catalyst for our economy across Pennsylvania and
features
more than 400 airports serving a variety of customers," Governor Wolf said.

"Hundreds of thousands of jobs are at stake, and these investments help
airports bolster commerce and attract more customers."
Seventeen projects will be supported by $9.8 million through the state's
Aviation Transportation Assistance Program, and $5.2 million through the
aviation portion of the Multimodal Fund created by Act 89.
Following is a county-by-county list of approved Aviation Development
Program
projects under the programs:
Transportation Assistance Program projects:
Allegheny County: Allegheny County Airport -- $888,000 of state funds for a

total project cost of $1.2 million for restoration and improvements to the
terminal building.
Blair County: Altoona-Blair County Airport -- $1.1 million of state funds
for a
total project of $2.2 million to demolish and construct a new county
building
at the airport and $1.5 million of state funds for a total project cost of
$3
million for a new corporate hangar.
Bucks County: Quakertown Airport -- $270,000 of state funds for a total
project
of $540,000 to acquire land to clear approaches to Runway 29.
Chester County: Chester County/G.O. Carlson Airport -- $337,000 of state
funds
for a total project of $674,000 for a new hangar apron and $513,000 of
state
funds for a total project of $1 million for new hangar facilities.
Erie County: Erie International Airport/Tom Ridge Field -- $1.7 million of
state funds for a total project of $2.3 million for rehabilitation of the
terminal building.
Lackawanna and Luzerne counties: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International
Airport --
$147,500 of state funds for a total project of $295,000 for relocating a
TSA
checkpoint to reduce queues.
Lawrence County: New Castle Municipal Airport -- $375,000 of state funds
for a
total project of $500,000 for land acquisition to control development
around
the airport.
Lycoming County: Williamsport Regional Airport -- $150,000 of state funds
for a
total project cost of $300,000 to replace hangar doors.
Monroe County: Pocono Mountains Municipal Airport-- $800,000 of state funds
for
a total project of $1.6 million to construct T-hangars.
Washington County: Washington County Airport -- $1.3 million of state funds
for
a total project of $1.7 million for a new taxiway and $700,000 of state
funds
for a total project of $933,000 for a second section of taxiway.
Multimodal Fund projects:
Allegheny County: Pittsburgh International Airport -- $1.6 million of state

funds for a total project of $2.2 million for airfield pavement joint crack

rehabilitation.
Centre County: University Park Airport -- $2.2 million of state funds for a

total project of $5.4 million for an access road to the airport.
Lancaster County: Lancaster Airport -- $691,150 of state funds for a total
project of $921,534 for a new aircraft maintenance hangar and office.
Lehigh County: Lehigh Valley International Airport -- $700,000 of state
funds
for a total project cost of $1.4 million to rehabilitate a parking lot.
For more information on aviation in Pennsylvania visit www.penndot.gov.

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