Mlembi Woyendetsa ku US Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Department will award $986 million in airport infrastructure grants to 354 airports in 44 states and Puerto Rico and Micronesia. This is the fifth allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airport Improvement Program (AIP) ndalama zothandizira ma eyapoti ku United States.
"Ntchito zoyendetsera ntchito zothandizidwa ndi thandizoli zidzapititsa patsogolo chitetezo, kupititsa patsogolo maulendo, kupanga ntchito komanso kupereka phindu lina lachuma kwa anthu akumidzi," anatero Mlembi wa Zamalonda ku United States, Elaine L. Chao.
Selected projects include runway reconstruction and rehabilitation, construction of firefighting facilities, noise mitigation, emissions reduction, and the maintenance of taxiways, aprons, and terminals. The construction and equipment supported by this funding increase the airports’ safety, emergency response capabilities, and capacity, and could support further economic growth and development within each airport’s region.
Zomangamanga za eyapoti ku United States, zokhala ndi ma eyapoti 3,332 ndi njanji zoyalidwa zokwana 5,000, zimathandizira kupikisana kwathu pazachuma ndikuwongolera moyo wabwino. Malinga ndi kusanthula kwachuma kwaposachedwa kwa FAA, kayendetsedwe ka ndege zaku US ndi $1.6 thililiyoni pazachuma chonse ndipo imathandizira pafupifupi ntchito 11 miliyoni. Pansi pa utsogoleri wa Secretary Chao, dipatimentiyi ikupereka ndalama za AIP kwa anthu aku America, omwe amadalira zomangamanga zodalirika.
Mabwalo a ndege amatha kulandira ndalama zina za AIP zoyenerera chaka chilichonse kutengera momwe ntchito zimachitikira komanso zosowa zama projekiti. Ngati ntchito yawo yayikulu ikufuna kupitilira ndalama zomwe zilipo, FAA ikhoza kuwonjezera zomwe ali nazo ndi ndalama zodzifunira.
Zina mwazopereka zoperekedwa ndi:
• Burlington International Airport in Vermont, $16 million – grant funds will be used to reconstruct Taxiway G.
• International Falls Airport in Minnesota, $15.9 million – the airport owner will use the grant to reconstruct Runway 13/31.
• Grant County International Airport in Washington, $10 million – the airport owner will reconstruct Runway 14L/32R.
• Kenai Municipal Airportin Alaska, $6.5 million – the grant will fund the construction of an aircraft rescue and firefighting training facility.
• Lake Elmo Airport in Minnesota, $1.2 million – the grant will fund the reconstruction of Runway 14/32 and Taxiway B.
• Philadelphia International Airport in Pennsylvania, $13.4 million – funds will be used to reconstruct Taxiway K.
• Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport in Maryland, $3.4 million – the grant will be used to rehabilitate Taxiway A and the air carrier apron to maintain pavement integrity.
• St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport in Florida, $19.7 million – the airport will rehabilitate Runway 18/36.
• St. Louis Lambert International Airport in Missouri, $1,532,711 – under the Voluntary Airport Low Emissions (VALE) program, funds will be used to install four pre-conditioned air and ground power units to reduce emissions on the airport
• San Francisco International Airport in California, $6.4 million – funds will mitigate noise around the airport by installing noise mitigation measures for residences affected by airport noise.
• University of Oklahoma Westheimer Airport in Oklahoma, $5.1 million – funds will be used to rehabilitate Taxiways C, D, and E.
