$5.9M grant to fix LR airport taxiway$5.9M grant to fix LR airport taxiway
Washington, DC,
September 23, 2016
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Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field has been awarded a $5.9 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration to rehabilitate a taxiway at the state's largest airport, members of Arkansas congressional delegation announced Thursday. The grant money will be used to fund the second phase of a larger project and will improve 2,500 feet of the existing Taxiway A pavement, which airport officials say has reached the end of its useful life. The taxiway runs between the general aviation runway, Runway 18/36, and the general aviation ramp on the airport's west side. U.S. Sens. John Boozman and Tom Cotton and U.S. Rep. French Hill, all R-Ark., made the announcement in a news release. "We are extremely appreciative of this grant that will fund significant upgrades to accommodate larger cargo aircraft, which are frequently diverted to our airport," Ron Mathieu, the airport's executive director, said in the release. |
