September 2024 Group Watch: ALDOT Announces Grants for Local Airports
The Alabama Department of Transportation has awarded more than $700,000 in state grants to match $8 million in federal funding for 13 local airports. The projects are as follows:
- Bessemer Municipal Airport: $287,341 for pavement maintenance.
- Courtland Airport in Lawrence County: $282,808 for taxiways and ramp.
- Cullman Regional-Folsom Field Airport: $168,102 for taxiway.
- Dothan Regional Airport: $16,476 for airfield drainage.
- Eufaula Municipal Airport: $1,728,242 to construct taxiways.
- Florala Municipal Airport: $240,917 for terminal building site prep.
- Gulf Shores International Airport: $51,830 for runway improvements.
- Lanett Regional Airport: $573,740 to construct new taxi lane.
- Ozark Municipal Airport: $168,082 to construct corporate hangar.
- Pryor Field Regional Airport in Decatur: $3.5million to construct a new taxiway.
- Troy Municipal Airport: $3.5 million for taxiway rehabilitation.
- Union Springs Airport-Franklin Field: $938,193 to construct 4-unit box hangar.
- William E. Stewart-Jackson Municipal Airport: $100,000 to prepare airport master plan.
These grants are made possible through ALDOT’s Alabama Airport Improvement Funding Program. Through the program, ALDOT can provide financial assistance and other engineering/technical services to airport owners for the acquisition, construction, expansion, maintenance, or operation of public airport facilities.
