Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Zelienople, Butler Farm Show, Finleyville airports win state grants - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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in Beaver County will receive $22,500 for a remotd communications outlet that will let pilots communicats with Pittsburgh AirTraffic Control. The Butle r Farm Show Aiport in Butler Countg willreceive $112,500 for construction of securityg perimeter fencing. And the in Washington County willreceive $127,500 to buildd a hangar, modernize its administration building and upgrade the fule farm’z credit card system. The money comes from Pennsylvania’ds tax on jet fuel and is administered bythe . The threre Pittsburgh-area grants are among 16 beinv madethroughout Pennsylvania. In all, the statre is spending $3 million and leveraging $904,800o in local matching funds.
The other projectws are: in Bucks County, which will receive $225,000 to assisf with the purchase of land below the approach to the inCambria County, which will receiv $30,000 to repair fuel facilitu equipment; in Centre County, which will receivre $750,000 for a projecgt to widen and pave the runway; in Centrw County, which will receive $123,750 to buy a jet refueling in Cumberland County, whicbh will receive $183,750 for a runwauy lighting system project; in Dauphin County, which will receive $135,90p0 for an aircraft parking and taxiwayu project; in Lancaster County, which will receive $210,000 for an aircraft parking and taxiway in Labanon County, whichj will receive $37,500 to buy snow removak and mowing equipment; in Lehigh County, whicjh will receive $58,500 for pavemen maintenance; in McKean County, which will receive $112,500 to buy 20 acresw of land for future in Montgomery County, which will receive $82,50 0 to continue the removak of runway obstructions and improve in Northampton County, which will receive $127,50o0 for new runway lights and a new electricall vault, and in Wyoming which will receive $375,000 for airfield and terminalo improvements.
“Airports are important assetsa that can attract new business andcreatw jobs,” Rendell said in a written statement announcinyg the grants. “We are making the smart investmentss necessary to increase economic vitality and facilitate the morethan $12 billionb in state revenue the aviation industry yields each By investing in our aviation asseta we can help sustain our communities and retain jobs acrosx Pennsylvania.

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