NoVA Airports To Get $245M In Funds From Infrastructure Bill

Arlington VA

24 November, 2021

10:24 AM

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VIRGINIA — Airports in Northern Virginia and the Fredericksburg area will receive more than $245 million from the federal government over the next five years as part of the infrastructure bill that President Joe Biden signed into law on Nov. 15, Virginia Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine announced Wednesday. Along with airports, the $1 trillion infrastructure bill will send money to states for roads, ports and electric transmission lines, as well as help to improve access to broadband internet and replace hazardous lead drinking pipes. From the bill, Washington Dulles International Airport is expected to receive $120.4 million in federal funds over the next five years to help with upgrades, while Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport will receive $116.7 million. "The funding represents Virginia's share of $15 billion in direct grants to airports expected around the country as a result of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, a bipartisan, once-in-a-generation investment in our nation's infrastructure and competitiveness that was negotiated by Sen. Warner and strongly supported by Sen. Kaine," Virginia's two senators said in a statement Wednesday. Manassas Regional Airport and Leesburg Executive Airport each is expected to receive $1.7 million in funding from the infrastructure bill. Winchester Regional Airport is expected to receive $1.5 million. Stafford Regional Airport will receive $790,000 from the infrastructure bill. The greatest airport investments will likely be in terminals, with the primary objective being capacity enhancements to meet the expected new demand for air travel as the COVID-19 pandemic eases. In 2021, the American Society of Civil Engineers gave the U.S. aviation system a D+, largely because airports' basic inefficiencies and lack of space lead to problems like delays and overcrowding. The airport grade was worse than those of other transportation infrastructure, like bridges, which earned a C, and roads, which were given a D. Across the entire state, Virginia's airports are expected to receive a total of $399.7 million in federal funds over the next five years as a result of the passage of the infrastructure bill. Here are the expected amounts that will be distributed to the state's airports: Washington Dulles International: $120,399,725Ronald Reagan Washington National: $116,734,485Richmond International: $35,608,215Norfolk International: $33,098,390Charlottesville-Albemarle: $15,444,835Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional: $14,977,645Newport News/Williamsburg International: $10,194,005Lynchburg Regional/Preston Glenn Field: $6,497,230Shenandoah Valley Regional: $5,066,130Manassas Regional/Harry P. Davis Field: $3,735,000Leesburg Executive: $3,735,000Virginia Highlands: $1,480,000Virginia Tech/Montgomery Executive: $1,480,000Culpeper Regional: $1,480,000Danville Regional: $1,480,000New River Valley: $1,480,000Blue Ridge: $1,480,000Chesapeake Regional: $1,480,000Hampton Roads Executive: $1,480,000Richmond Executive-Chesterfield County: $1,480,000Hanover County Municipal: $1,480,000Warrenton-Fauquier: $1,480,000Winchester Regional: $1,480,000Franklin Regional: $790,000Front Royal-Warren County: $790,000Twin County: $790,000Louisa County/Freeman Field: $790,000Luray Caverns: $790,000Mountain Empire: $790,000Accomack County: $790,000Orange County: $790,000Dinwiddie County: $790,000New Kent County: $790,000William M. Tuck: $790,000Mecklenburg-Brunswick Regional: $790,000Stafford Regional: $790,000Suffolk Executive: $790,000Tappahannock-Essex County: $790,000Middle Peninsula Regional: $790,000Emporia-Greensville Regional: $550,000Farmville Regional: $550,000Ingalls Field: $550,000Lee County: $550,000Tazewell County: $550,000Tangier Island: $550,000Lonesome Pine: $550,000Brookneal/Campbell County: $550,000