FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For More Information:
Carl
Olson
Christina Mulka
Central
Illinois
Regional
Airport
Senator Richard Durbin’s Office
309-663-7384
202-228-5643
Senator Durbin Announces Grant for
Central
Illinois
Regional
Airport
(June 3, 2009
Bloomington
,
IL
) A Federal Aviation Administration grant in the amount of $750,000 is on its
way to the
Central
Illinois
Regional
Airport
thanks to the good news shared by the Office of Senator Richard Durbin of
Illinois
(D-IL). The funds will be used to
complete the financial package for a new Snow Removal Equipment (SRE) Building
at the airport. The new building,
which is already in the design phase, will house the airport’s fleet of snow
removal and maintenance equipment.
"Today's
grant will allow the
Central
Illinois
Regional
Airport
to make needed improvements and upgrades that will help them serve travelers
more safely and efficiently," said Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick
Durbin (D-IL). "These important
projects will also create good paying jobs in the region during the current
construction season."
With a total projected construction cost of $5.1 million, the $750,000
grant will ensure the project moves forward toward a projected Fall 2010
completion.
“This is certainly wonderful news for the airport and we are most
appreciative of Senator Durbin’s assistance in securing funds for our
airport.” said Bloomington-Normal Airport Authority Chairman Paul Harmon.
“Winter operations are extremely important and housing and maintaining this
equipment in one facility with easy access to our airfield is crucial.”
The
Central
Illinois
Regional
Airport
at Bloomington-Normal completed another record year in 2008 with a total of
532,870 passengers. This was CIRA’s
sixth consecutive year of increases in passenger traffic and its third straight
year of record setting passenger numbers. For
more
info
rmation please visit www.cira.com.##