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Sessions Announces Funding for Auburn-Opelika Airport
The funding will be used to build new terminals, loading ramps, and taxiways.
The grant was made available through the Airport Improvement Program, a Federal Aviation Administration initiative to improve the nation’s public-use airports.
“Lee County has experienced tremendous economic growth” Sessions said. “Kia, Hyundai, and their suppliers are examples of major businesses that see the Auburn-Opelika Airport as an important commercial resource in the area. A modern airport will only enhance the area’s potential to attract new business and industry. I am pleased the FAA recognizes the need to invest in the Robert G. Pitts airport.”
Federal grant programs are one way that local leaders, elected officials, and non-profit organizations can secure funding for local community improvement projects. Twenty-six federal agencies administer over 1,000 different competitive grant programs each year.
Sessions’ Birmingham office includes a full-time staff member to help local officials around the state federal grants. In the last two years, the office assisted in obtaining over $170 million in federal funds for communities and organizations in Alabama.
Sessions’ office also publishes a Weekly Grants Advisory, available on Sessions’ website ( www.sessions.senate.gov) to make grant information and application procedures more accessible to leaders in Alabama.
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