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Regional airports to use federal funding for projects

The exterior of the Elmira Corning Regional Airport in Horseheads, which has completed a $61.5M renovation project, the office of Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a Friday news release. (Photo provided by the office of Gov. Andrew Cuomo)

Airports serving Watertown, Rome, Saranac Lake, and the Elmira/Corning area will use federal funding for specific projects and airfield safety.

The regional airports are among 13 awarded a total of more than $27.3 million in federal funding, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D–N.Y.) and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D–N.Y.) announced Thursday.

This federal funding was administered through the FAA’s airport-improvement program, the lawmakers said.

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Griffiss International Airport in Rome will use more than $3.2 million to rehabilitate its apron and nearly $232,000 to construct a taxiway. An apron is the area where aircraft are parked, unloaded, loaded, refueled, and boarded by passengers.

Watertown International Airport was awarded nearly $900,000 to install a runway vertical/visual guidance system.

In addition, Elmira/Corning Regional Airport will use more than $4.3 million to reconstruct the airport apron.

The project awards also included more than $804,000 for Adirondack Regional Airport in Saranac Lake, which will use the funding to acquire snow-removal equipment, per the announcement.

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