Toledo Express Airport is among six Ohio airports to receive funding through the federal infrastructure law. The airport was awarded $1,506,440.
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) plans to award $50.8 million to Ohio’s 96 airports. The money can be invested in runways, taxiways, safety and sustainability projects, as well as terminal, airporttransit connections and roadway projects.
This is the first of five annual rounds of funding Ohio airports will receive.
“The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law has given us a once-in-a-generation opportunity to build safer and more sustainable airports that connect individuals to jobs and communities to the world,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. “With this new funding, urban, regional and rural airports across the country now can get to work on projects that have waited for years, modernizing their infrastructure and building a better America.”
Ohio airports can submit projects they wish to use the funds on for FAA review in the coming weeks. They encourage airports to prioritize projects that increase airport safety, equity and sustainability.
In addition to Toledo Express Airport, the following commercial airports are on tap to receive funding during the first year of the law: Akron-Canton Regional in Akron: $3,382,933; Cleveland-Hopkins International in Cleveland: $11,276,768; John Glenn Columbus International in Columbus: $9,907,381; Rickenbacker International in Columbus: $2,175,338, and James M. Cox Dayton International in Dayton: $4,393,860.
For an interactive map and listing of funding for all Ohio airports, visit faa.gov/bil/airport-infrastruc ture.
