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Warner, Kaine Announce $4.2 Million for Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport

DOT grants will provide funding to rehabilitate terminal building at airport serving Roanoke and the New River Valley

Sep 12 2016

WASHINGTON—U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced today that Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport will receive $4,242,708 in federal funds from the Department of Transportation (DOT)’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to fund the rehabilitation of the airport’s existing terminal.  Today’s funding was made available through the FAA’s Airport Improvement Program (AIP).

“The safety of Virginia travelers is the top priority of our airports and the FAA,” said Sen. Warner. “These funds will help renovate the infrastructure that Virginia airports rely on to provide flyers with safe and reliable facilities.”

The AIP provides grants for the planning and development of public-use airports that are significant to national air transportation. 

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