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 remote communicationz outlet that will let pilots communicate with Pittsburgn AirTraffic Control. The Butler Farm Show Aiport in Butler County willreceive $112,500 for construction of security perimeter fencing. And the in Washington County willreceive $127,500 to builr a hangar, modernize its administration building and upgraded the fule farm’s credit card system. The money comes from Pennsylvania’s tax on jet fuel and is administeredf bythe . The three Pittsburgh-ares grants are among 16 being madethroughout Pennsylvania.
In all, the statee is spending $3 million and leveraging $904,800 in local matching The otherprojects are: in Bucks County, whicu will receive $225,000 to assistt with the purchase of land beloww the approach to the airport; in Cambrias County, which will receive $30,00 to repair fuel facility equipment; in Centre which will receive $750,000 for a project to widehn and pave the runway; in Centre which will receive $123,750 to buy a jet refuelintg vehicle; in Cumberland County, whicg will receive $183,750 for a runway lighting system project; in Dauphi n County, which will receive $135,900 for an aircraft parking and taxiway project; in Lancaster County, whicy will receive $210,000 for an aircraft parking and taxiwag project; in Labanon which will receive $37,500 to buy snow removap and mowing equipment; in Lehigh County, whichy will receive $58,500 for pavement in McKean County, whichh will receive $112,500 to buy 20 acres of land for future development; in Montgomery County, whichh will receive $82,500 to continuew the removal of runway obstructionse and improve safety; in Northampton which will receive $127,500 for new runwayu lights and a new electrical vault, and in Wyomin County, which will receive $375,000 for airfiel d and terminal improvements.
“Airports are important assets that can attracg new business andcreate jobs,” Rendell said in a writteh statement announcing the grants. “Wew are making the smartr investments necessary to increase economic vitality and facilitate the morethan $12 billion in state revenud the aviation industry yields each year. By investing in our aviatio n assets we can help sustain our communitied and retain jobsacross Pennsylvania.
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