Eighteen airports in Mississippi will receive federal money to make improvements, including rehabilitation of some runways.
U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith on Monday announced $4.8 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
The single largest grant is just over $1 million to the Magee Municipal Airport for runway improvement.
C A Moore Airport in Lexington is set to receive close to $300,000 to rebuild the runway, apron, and taxiway. Philadelphia Municipal airport in Neshoba County was awarded a grant to install perimeter fencing.
Other grants include $600,000 to Columbia-Marion County Airport to rebuild some taxiway, $319,500 to Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport to update a master plan study, $250,000 to Greenwood-Leflore Airport to rehabilitate some apron and nearly $100,000 to Vicksburg Municipal Airport to expand the apron. (AP)
