Augusta, Waterville airports among sites to get federal funding for upgrades

Courtesy / City of Waterville Waterville Robert Lafleur Airport will receive $300,000 to update its airport master plan or study.

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By Staff

Airports across Maine have received a total of $1,913,006 through the recent round of funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Fiscal Year 2022 Airport Improvement Program.

The funding will be allocated as follows, according to a news release Monday.

Augusta State Airport will receive $900,000 to reconstruct its apron.
Central Maine Airport of Norridgewock will receive $180,000 to seal its runway, taxiway and apron surface pavement joints.
Dexter Regional Airport will receive $113,000 to seal its runway, taxiway and apron surface pavement joints.
Eastport Municipal Airport will receive $120,006 to seal its apron surface pavement joints.
Machias Valley Airport will receive $150,000 to update its airport master plan or study.
Waterville Robert Lafleur Airport will receive $300,000 to update its airport master plan or study.

The AIP funds also include a total of $180,000 awarded to nine Maine airports for feasibility studies on installing automated weather observing systems. The systems would enhance the safety and efficiency of aircraft operations at the airports by providing accurate, current, and site-specific weather information.

Receiving those funds are:

Belfast Municipal Airport
Bethel Regional Airport
Sugarloaf Regional Airport, in Carrabassett Valley
Central Maine Airport, of Norridgewock
Eastport Municipal Airport
Greenville Municipal Airport
Machias Valley Airport
Newton Field Airport, in Jackman
Princeton Municipal Airport.

“Airports promote job creation and economic development, expand access to health care in rural regions, and provide an essential transportation option in large states like Maine,” U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said in the news release.