Wed, Oct 20, 2010
ARRA Funds Will Pat For The Facility At Frederick Municipal
Airport
The FAA announced over $5 million
in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act dollars will be used to
build a new air traffic control tower at Frederick Municipal
Airport in Frederick, MD.
"General aviation plays such an important role at all levels of
our nation's economy," U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood
said in a statement. "Recovery Act projects are helping upgrade our
aviation infrastructure so the system can continue to run safely
and efficiently."
"These Recovery Act dollars will improve the safety and efficiency
of Frederick's airport while providing a boost to Maryland's
economy," said Michael Huerta, deputy administrator of the Federal
Aviation Administration, at a ground breaking ceremony.
The $5.3 million Recovery Act
project will pay for the construction of an air traffic control
tower, access road and other infrastructure at one of Maryland's
largest airports. The Frederick Municipal Airport currently does
not have an air traffic control tower. Approximately 200 aircraft
are based at Frederick Municipal Airport, a reliever airport for
Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. The
airport handles more than 135,000 aircraft operations annually.
The Recovery Act has provided an additional $35 million in
upgrades at airport runways and aircraft parking aprons in and
around the Washington Metropolitan Area.
Nationwide, $1.3 billion in Recovery Act money has been made
available for both airport improvement projects and air traffic
control facility and system upgrades. Because of low construction
bids for projects, more Recovery Act dollars were available for
additional facilities and equipment and airport projects. These
Recovery Act grants have been distributed to airports that serve
commercial passengers, cargo and general aviation.
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