FAA awards $1.4 million in grants to North Dakota airports, including Northwood, Lakota and Cando

GRAND FORKS – U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D. introduced on Tuesday, July 26, the Division of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration has awarded six grants totaling $1,401,313 for a number of airports in North Dakota, together with the airports in Northwood, Lakota and Cando in northeastern North Dakota.

In accordance with a information launch from Cramer’s workplace, the grants will assist fund runway set up, building, rehabilitation and assessments on the airports.

The Northwood Municipal Airport Authority obtained a complete of $191,700. The grant will fund a mission to broaden the present aviation apron by a further 6,935 sq. yards to fulfill FAA design requirements. It is going to additionally fund tasks to switch the airport’s wind cone and rehabilitate taxiway and runway lighting techniques for secure airfield operations throughout low visibility situations. The FAA grant funds the design phases of every of those tasks.

The Lakota Airport Authority obtained $105,300 for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of runways and different paved areas for structural integrity and minimization of overseas object particles. The grant funds the design part of rehabilitation of three,500 toes of Runway 15/33 and 1,780 toes of taxiway, in addition to the reconstruction of 5,300 sq. yards of current apron pavement that has reached the tip of its helpful life.

The Cando Municipal Airport Authority obtained $86,400 for tasks to reconstruct runway and taxiway lighting techniques, change the airport’s wind cone and rehabilitate the airport’s rotating beacon to fulfill FAA requirements, amongst different tasks.

Different grant recipients in North Dakota have been the Washburn Municipal Airport, receiving $613,076; the Barnes County Municipal Airport Authority, receiving $319,537, and the Rugby Municipal Airport Authority, which obtained $87,300.