SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Airports serving Syracuse, Rome, Oswego, Ithaca, Watertown, Elmira, and Binghamton are among 36 public-use airports across New York state awarded state funding for projects.
The facilities will use about $49 million for “strategic infrastructure enhancements,” the office of Gov. Kathy Hochul announced.
The projects will focus on safety, facilitate innovation, leverage existing resources, advance business development, and promote sustainability and resiliency.
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Administered by the New York State Department of Transportation, projects funded through the aviation capital-grant program include the construction and rehabilitation of new and existing hangars; electrification and carbon-reduction programs; new and upgraded snow-removal equipment; and updated security systems.
These investments will “serve to make the surrounding communities more economically competitive with neighboring states,” Hochul’s office contends.
Airports, funding awards
CENTRAL NEW YORK
- Syracuse Hancock International Airport — $2.5 million
- Cortland County Airport, Chase Field, Cortland County — $2.5 million
- Oswego County Airport, Oswego County — $500,000
MOHAWK VALLEY
- Griffiss International Airport, Oneida County — $2.5 million
SOUTHERN TIER
- Elmira Corning Regional Airport, Chemung County — $800,000
- Greater Binghamton Airport/Edwin A. Link Field, Broome County — $800,000
- Ithaca Tompkins International Airport, Tompkins County — $1.4 million
- Warren E. Eaton Airport, Chenango County — $600,000
- Tri-Cities Airport, Broome County — $1.2 million
NORTH COUNTRY
- Watertown International Airport, Jefferson County — $2.1 million
- Massena International Airport, St. Lawrence County — $100,000
