March 31, 1999
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Levin Announces $3 Million DOT Grant for Flint's Bishop International Airport
DETROIT - Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., announced today that the Department of Transportation has awarded a grant of $3 million to Bishop International Airport in Flint for the final phase of the rehabilitation and extension of a runway and taxiway. The grant is aimed at bolstering airport safety and efficiency. Earlier this month, Levin announced grants for 12 other Michigan airports. Cumulatively, the grants to Michigan airports exceed $30 million including an additional $3.3 million for phase three of the runway rehabilitation at Bishop International.
"Flint's Bishop International is a heavily traveled airport and this funding will help make it more efficient with an updated infrastructure," Levin said. "The grant will complete the final phase of the project to rehabilitate a runway vital to the airport."
Federal Aviation Administration Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grant awards combine entitlement funding, which airports receive from the FAA annually, and discretionary funds, which are determined by a competitive selection process among airports which have applied for funding for specific renovations and improvements. Today's $3 million AIP grant is discretionary funding.
The following page lists all of the Michigan grant recipients.
| Michigan Airports Receiving FAA Grants Source: Office of Senator Carl Levin | ||
| Airport/City | Award | Selected Renovations |
| Bishop International Airport Flint, MI | $3,337382 | Rehabilitate and extend runway |
| Capital City Airport Lansing | $687,000 | Runway rehabilitations |
| Capital City Airport Lansing | $306,000 | Terminal expansion |
| Cherry Capital Airport Traverse City | $596,194 | Conduct master plan study; Install security fencing |
| Delta County Airport Escanaba | $247,500 | Remove obstructions; Acquire land for approaches |
| Detroit City Airport Detroit | $363,644 | Rehabilitate and groove runway |
| Detroit Metropolitan Airport | Romulus | Construct runway; construct apron; acqure land for developement |
| Houghton County Memorial Hancock | $470,025 | Improve drainage |
| Kalamazoo/Battle Creek Int'l Kalamazoo | $1,325,808 | Acquire land for approaches |
| Kent County Int'l Airport Grand Rapids | $1,439,014 | Acquire land for approaches and development |
| MBS International Airport Saginaw | $826,022 | Improvements to drainage system; Design rehabilitation of runways |
| Muskegon County Muskegon | $316,600 | Acquire snow removal equipment; Expand terminal building |
| Pellston Regional Airport Pellston | $363,664 | Acquire aircraft rescue and fire fighting vehicle |
| Sawyer Airport Gwinn | $363,664 | Conduct master plan update; Rehabilitate apron |
| State of Michigan block grant | $5,616,459 | Renovations, expansions and improvements to Michigan airports to be dispersed at discretion of MDOT |