Warner & Kaine Announce Over $48 Million in Federal Funding for Virginia Airports

WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced$48,329,251in federal funding to support infrastructure improvements at 18 airports across Virginia. This funding, allocated by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration under the Airport Infrastructure Grants and the Airport Improvement Program, is made possible in part by theBipartisan Infrastructure Law—historic legislation the senators helped pass.
“We’re proud to announce over $48 million in federal funding is coming to Virginia for construction projects at 18 airports,”said the senators. “These investments will help ensure that our airports are a safe, reliable engine of connectivity and economic growth for travelers and communities around the Commonwealth. We’re going to keep doing all that we can to bring additional infrastructure investments to Virginia, and to reauthorize the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that makes many of them possible.”
The funding is distributed as follows:

Warner and Kaine have long supported efforts to improve Virginia’s airports and have securedmillionsin federal funding for airports across the Commonwealth through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Last month, the senators announced over$21 million in federal fundingfor improvements at ten airports across Virginia. Earlier this year, the senators announced over$17millionin combined funding for additional improvements to Virginia’s airports. In October, they announced nearly$57 millionin federal funding for revitalization efforts, and in September, they announced more than$46 millionin federal funding for improvements to Virginia airports through the Airport Improvement Program.
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