A total of almost USD6m is to be released for nine Pennsylvania airports, according to Governor Edward G Rendell.
The nine Pennsylvania airport projects are expected to create jobs and ensure safer and more efficient airport operations. The aviation projects are administered by the state Department of Transportation.
Pennsylvania reportedly has more than 135 public-use airports that either directly, or indirectly, employ more than 288,000 people and the airports generate USD12.6bn in economic activity annually.
The project that will be given money are: Chester County: USD2,194,000 to New Garden Flying Field, Toughkenamon, to acquire land; Clinton County: USD100,000 to William T Piper Memorial Airport, Lock Haven, for hangar and terminal building renovations; Dauphin County: USD1,307,715 to Harrisburg International Airport, Harrisburg, for terminal facilities construction; Lancaster County: USD190,450 to Lancaster Airport, Lancaster, for hangar construction: Lycoming County: USD700,000 to the Williamsport Regional Airport, Williamsport, for hangar construction; Northampton County: USD495,835 to Braden Airpark, Easton, to acquire land; Venango County: USD135,000 to Titusville Airport, Titusville, for T-hangar construction; Westmoreland County: USD500,000 to Arnold Palmer Regional Airport, Latrobe, for aviation hangar construction; and York County: USD200,000 to York Airport, York, for hangar construction.
