US DOT na-ekwupụta $477 nde onyinye akụrụngwa maka ọdụ ụgbọ elu 264 na steeti 44

U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Department will award $477 million in ọdụ infrastructure grants to 264 airports in 44 states, the Pacific Islands, and the District of Columbia. This is the third allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Mmemme Mmelite ọdụ ụgbọ elu (AIP) maka ọdụ ụgbọ elu gafee United States.

"Ọrụ akụrụngwa nke ego ndị a na-akwado ga-akwalite nchekwa, melite njem, ịmepụta ọrụ na inye uru akụ na ụba ndị ọzọ maka ndị obodo," ka odeakwụkwọ njem ụgbọ njem US Elaine L. Chao kwuru.

Ọrụ ndị ahọpụtara gụnyere mwugharị na nhazigharị runway runway, iwu ụlọ ọrụ mgbanyụ ọkụ, na ịrụzi ụzọ tagzi, oghere, na ọdụ. Ihe owuwu na akụrụngwa nke ego a kwadoro na-abawanye nchekwa ọdụ ụgbọ elu, ikike nzaghachi mberede na ikike, ma nwee ike ịkwado ọganihu akụ na ụba na mmepe n'ime mpaghara ọdụ ụgbọ elu ọ bụla.

Akụrụngwa ọdụ ụgbọ elu dị na United States, nke nwere ọdụ ụgbọ elu 3,332 na ụzọ ụgbọ elu 5,000 nwere oghere, na-akwado asọmpi akụ na ụba anyị ma na-eme ka ndụ dịkwuo mma. Dabere na nyocha akụ na ụba FAA kacha nso nso a, ụgbọ elu ụgbọ elu US na-akwụ $ 1.6 trillion na mkpokọta akụ na ụba yana na-akwado ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ ọrụ nde 11. N'okpuru nduzi odeakwụkwọ Chao, Ngalaba ahụ na-ebunye ego AIP maka ndị America, ndị na-adabere na akụrụngwa a pụrụ ịdabere na ya.

Ọdụ ụgbọ elu nwere ike ịnata ụfọdụ ego ikike ikike AIP kwa afọ dabere na ọkwa ọrụ yana mkpa ọrụ. Ọ bụrụ na ọrụ isi obodo ha chọrọ karịa ego ikike ha nwere, FAA nwere ike iji ego ezi uche gbakwunye ikike ha.

Ụfọdụ n'ime ihe nrite onyinye a gụnyere:

• Des Moines International Airport will receive $4.77 million to reconstruct an apron and taxiway

• Chicago/Rockford International Airport will receive almost $11.3 million to rehabilitate a runway and taxiway

• MBS International in Saginaw, Michigan will receive almost $4.65 million to construct a taxiway

• Minneapolis-St. Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain will receive over $9.7 million to construct a taxiway, improve the runway safety area, install taxiway lighting, and install runway incursion marking

• Tweed-New Haven Airport in Connecticut will receive over $2.7 million for noise mitigation measure for residences within the 65-69 DNL

• Portsmouth International at Pease in New Hampshire will receive almost $13.5 million to reconstruct a runway

• Missoula International will receive over $9.2 million to construct a terminal building

• Pullman/Moscow Regional Airport in Washington State will receive almost $27.5 million to construct a runway, acquire an emergency generator, and acquire snow removal equipment

• San Diego International Airport will receive over $4.48 million for noise mitigation measures for residences within the 65-69 DNL