Over $1 million awarded to Columbus County Municipal Airport | Business

COLUMBUS COUNTY, NC (WECT) – Over $1 million worth of grants were awarded to the Columbus County Municipal Airport for capital improvement projects, according to a news release from the N.C. Department of Transportation.

The airport received $671,606 in state grants for apron rehabilitation, construction of a parallel taxiway on the east end of the airport and a hangar taxi lane, the release stated. The airport will also use $473,723 from a federal block grant for a taxiway and taxi lane project.

The grants, totaling $1,145,332, came from a Federal Aviation Administration block grant and the State Aid to Airports Program.

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