Washington\u00a0 (FAA)\u00a0 The U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced the award of more than $898.9 million in infrastructure and safety projects through the FY2021 Airport Improvement Program (AIP).<\/p>\n
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Carrington Municipal Airport<\/strong> \u2013 Rehabilitate Runway, Rehabilitate Taxiway $116,000<\/p>\n Jamestown Regional Airport<\/strong> \u2013 Rehabilitate Taxiway $2,207,432<\/p>\n Oakes Municipal Airport<\/strong> \u2013 Rehabilitate Taxiway, Seal Apron Pavement, Surface\/Pavement Joints, Seal Runway Pavement, Surface\/Pavement Joints, Seal Taxiway Pavement, Surface\/Pavement Joints, $555,633<\/p>\n This total includes $113.5 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding to award all grants at a 100-percent federal share.<\/p>\n U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, says, \u201cInvesting in our nation\u2019s infrastructure is how our country helped spark an aviation industry that now supports millions of jobs.\u00a0 These Airport Improvement Program grants will help modernize America\u2019s airports and ensure that our air transportation system remains the safest and most efficient in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n Grant projects funded through the Airport Improvement Program promote safety, efficiency, environmental stewardship, infrastructure, and security at the nation\u2019s airports. Today\u2019s announcement includes 488 grants to 447 airports in 49 states and American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands and Puerto Rico. Today also marks the 75th anniversary of the legislation that established federal investment in our Nation\u2019s airport infrastructure.<\/p>\n FAA Administrator Steve Dickson.\u201cThese grants represent the legacy and vital role of airport infrastructure grant programs in helping the air transportation system operate safely. Investing in our nation\u2019s infrastructure through AIP grants is a cornerstone of our commitment to safety.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Washington\u00a0 (FAA)\u00a0 The U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced the award of more than $898.9 million in infrastructure and safety projects through the FY2021 Airport Improvement Program (AIP). Carrington Municipal Airport \u2013 Rehabilitate Runway, Rehabilitate Taxiway $116,000 Jamestown Regional Airport \u2013 Rehabilitate Taxiway $2,207,432 Oakes Municipal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20939,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-225599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jamestown"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=225599"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":225602,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225599\/revisions\/225602"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=225599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=225599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=225599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}