June 5, 2017
FAA awards $3.3M for 10 Maine airports
Courtesy / Bangor International Airport
Bangor International Airport, shown in this aerial view, is receiving $243,000 from the Federal Aviation Administration to fund the rehabilitation of the current taxiways and lighting system that has reached the end of its use.
By Staff
The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded $3.3 million in funding to 10 airports in Maine through the Federal Aviation Administration.
“Maine’s regional airports are vital pieces of our transportation system that help bolster the tourism industry and support jobs across our state,” Maine’s U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King said in a joint statement. “This important investment will enhance the safety and efficiency of our transportation networks and help support local economies across Maine.”
Collins is chairwoman of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee.
Here’s how that funding will be distributed in Maine:
- Knox County Regional Airport in Rockland: $928,120 to fund construction of a 400-foot runway extension.
- Northern Maine Regional Airport at Presque Isle: $550,543 to fund the acquisition of new snow removal equipment to enhance the airport’s ability to clear the airfield.
- Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport in Bar Harbor: $405,000 to fund improvements to the existing storm water basin, and for the repainting and marking of a runway and associated taxiways.
- Millinocket Municipal Airport in Millinocket: $313,763 to fund the construction of a 2,900-square-foot building for snow removal equipment storage and protection.
- Machias Valley Airport in Machias: $270,000 to fund the construction of a 4,000-square-foot terminal building, and reconstruction of 1,200 feet of access road pavement that has exceeded its use.
- Bangor International Airport in Bangor: $243,000 to fund the rehabilitation of the current taxiways and lighting system that has reached the end of its use.
- Sugarloaf Regional Airport in Carrabassett: $199,289 to fund rehabilitation of the apron, runway, and taxiway pavement, and funding for environmental assessment and permitting needed for the removal of trees in runway approach surfaces.
- Northern Aroostook Regional Airport in Frenchville: $174,581 to fund rehabilitation of the apron, runway, and taxiway pavement, as well as removing obstructions on the runway, and funding to update the existing airport master plan study to show current and future needs of the airport.
- Wiscasset Airport in Wiscasset: $150,000 to fund the acquisition of one easement for the removal of tree obstructions.
- Bethel Regional Airport in Bethel: $82,715 to fund the removal of tree obstructions on runway approach surfaces.
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