{"id":54045,"date":"2014-09-10T11:41:36","date_gmt":"2014-09-10T16:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=54045"},"modified":"2014-09-10T11:56:01","modified_gmt":"2014-09-10T16:56:01","slug":"airport-receives-fed-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=54045","title":{"rendered":"Airport receives fed funds"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Heidi<\/a>Washington\u00a0 (CSi) \u00a0\u2013 <\/b>U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp Wednesday announced a total of more than $4 million in federal funding to make improvements and updates at the Grand Forks, Jamestown and Fort Berthold airports.<\/p>\n

\u201cAcross our state, we\u2019re seeing a serious increase in demand for air travel. To keep up, many of our airports are building out their facilities, and making updates and improvements to accommodate that growth,\u201d said Heitkamp. \u201cOur airports provide lifelines to our communities \u2013 promoting economic development, tourism, job growth, and so much more \u2013 and by helping them expand, we\u2019re also improving safety for passengers and airport personnel. These funds will help the airports in Grand Forks, Jamestown and on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation make improvements that will not only improve the efficiency of the airport, but also maintain the high level of safety.\u201d<\/p>\n

The funds are distributed as follows:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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