MAINE, USA — Small airports around Maine are set to receive more than $14 million to make improvements. The airports include regional and municipal airports as well as Bangor International Airport. The Bangor airport is set to get more than $2.1 million to reconstruct its runway and make other improvements. The largest chunk of the funding is set to go to Waterville Robert Lafleur Airport, which will receive $5.7 million to reconstruct a taxiway and airport lighting vault.
Senator Susan Collins told the Associated Press, airports play a critical role throughout the state, “not only in carrying residents and visitors but also in facilitating medical services for those in rural communities in emergencies when seconds count,” Collins added.
According to the AP, the grants are also going to airports in Brunswick, Eastport, Millinocket and elsewhere.
