BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) awarded grants to seven local airports in North Dakota to fund improvement and rehabilitation projects. This funding is awarded through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) under DOT and will be used to finance various development projects at the following local airports:
- Williston Basin International Airport received $9,493,453 to construct a runway and install a runway guidance system.
- Jamestown Regional Airport received $1,531,989 to acquire aircraft rescue and firefighting safety equipment, reconstruct an apron, rehabilitate a runway, and rehabilitate three taxiways.
- Garrison Municipal Airport received $1,088,000 to construct an access road, a taxilane, two taxiways, a parking lot, an improved safety area, and reconstruct perimeter fencing.
- Casselton Robert Miller Regional Airport received $451,121 to rehabilitate an access road.
- Robertson Field Airport received $300,000 to acquire snow removal equipment.
- Devils Lake Regional Airport received $95,000 to reconstruct apron, taxilane, and taxiway pavement.
- Bottineau Municipal Airport received $60,000 to conduct a runway approach obstruction survey.
These DOT grants follow a previous DOT funding announcement today awarding over $62 million to 12 local airports in North Dakota as appropriated by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Click here to read more about the economic relief funding to airports in North Dakota from the CARES Act.
Please visit cramer.senate.gov/COVID19 to learn more.
