Plattsburgh International Airport receives federal grants for expansion
Plattsburgh International Airport in Clinton County, New York has received a major federal funding boost from the FAA's Airport Improvement Program for its major $40-$50 million expansion plans.
The expansion programme is being undertaken to accommodate the large volume of travellers that have used the airport, since it opened in 2007.
The federal funding included three grants totaling $6,554,491 from the Federal Aviation Administration. This money would be utilized for finishing the design phase of the terminal expansion, and a water-and-sewer project to serve the larger facility. Runway rehabilitation would also be a part of the major improvements. Six more jetways and a larger counter and baggage-claim space would also be created as part of the expansion programme.
Out of $6.5 million, about $3 million will go towards the design phase, and about $3.4 million for the water-and-sewer project. About $151, 200 would be utilised for filling in cracks on the taxiway and runway. Construction on the terminal expansion is scheduled to begin next spring.
The airport was constructed with about $40 million from the FAA's Military Airport Program, which was designed to help communities that lost military installations. Plattsburgh Air Force Base closed in 1995.
