U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Department will award $477 million in هوائي اڏي infrastructure grants to 264 airports in 44 states, the Pacific Islands, and the District of Columbia. This is the third allotment of the total $3.18 billion in وفاقي ايئرگيشن انتظاميه (FAA) Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.
"انهن گرانٽس پاران فنڊ ڪيل انفراسٽرڪچر پراجيڪٽ حفاظت کي اڳتي وڌائڻ، سفر کي بهتر بڻائڻ، نوڪريون پيدا ڪرڻ ۽ مقامي برادرين لاءِ ٻيا معاشي فائدا فراهم ڪندا،" يو ايس جي ٽرانسپورٽيشن سيڪريٽري ايلين ايل چاو چيو.
Selected projects include runway reconstruction and rehabilitation, construction of firefighting facilities, 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.
آمريڪا ۾ ايئرپورٽ انفراسٽرڪچر، 3,332 ايئرپورٽس ۽ 5,000 پڪي رن ويز سان، اسان جي اقتصادي مقابلي جي حمايت ڪري ٿو ۽ زندگي جي معيار کي بهتر بڻائي ٿو. FAA جي تازي معاشي تجزيي موجب، يو ايس سول ايوي ايشن مجموعي معاشي سرگرمي ۾ $1.6 ٽريلين جي حساب سان آهي ۽ تقريبن 11 ملين نوڪرين جي مدد ڪري ٿي. سيڪريٽري چاو جي اڳواڻي ۾، ڊپارٽمينٽ آمريڪي ماڻهن لاء AIP سيڙپڪاري فراهم ڪري رهيو آهي، جيڪي قابل اعتماد انفراسٽرڪچر تي ڀاڙين ٿا.
ايئرپورٽس حاصل ڪري سگھن ٿيون AIP استحقاق جي هڪ مخصوص رقم هر سال سرگرمي جي سطح ۽ منصوبي جي ضرورتن جي بنياد تي. جيڪڏهن انهن جي سرمائيداري پروجيڪٽ جي ضرورت آهي انهن جي موجود استحقاق فنڊ کان وڌيڪ، FAA اختياري فنڊنگ سان انهن جي حق کي پورو ڪري سگهي ٿو.
ڪجھ گرانٽ انعامن ۾ شامل آھن:
• Des Moines International Airport will receive $4.77 million to reconstruct an apron and taxiway
• Chicago/Rockford International Airport will receive almost $11.3 million to rehabilitate a runway and taxiway
• MBS International in Saginaw, Michigan will receive almost $4.65 million to construct a taxiway
• Minneapolis-St. Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain will receive over $9.7 million to construct a taxiway, improve the runway safety area, install taxiway lighting, and install runway incursion marking
• Tweed-New Haven Airport in Connecticut will receive over $2.7 million for noise mitigation measure for residences within the 65-69 DNL
• Portsmouth International at Pease in New Hampshire will receive almost $13.5 million to reconstruct a runway
• Missoula International will receive over $9.2 million to construct a terminal building
• Pullman/Moscow Regional Airport in Washington State will receive almost $27.5 million to construct a runway, acquire an emergency generator, and acquire snow removal equipment
• San Diego International Airport will receive over $4.48 million for noise mitigation measures for residences within the 65-69 DNL
