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The North Central West Virginia Airport will soon receive just over $1 million from the Coronavirus Relief and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2020. TWV FILE PHOTO
FAIRMONT â After taking hits to revenue and passenger traffic amid the COVID-19 pandemic, West Virginia airports will soon receive economic relief.
U.S. Sens Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced Tuesday that $5.6 million dollars will be allocated to 13 airports across the state.
Just over $1 million will be going to the North Central West Virginia Airport in Clarksburg and $13,000 will be going to Fairmont Municipal-Frankman Field Airport. The funds are made possible through the Coronavirus Relief and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2020.
Construction at North Central West Virginia Airport slated to begin later this year By
February 28, 2021 - 8:30 pm
BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. Work on an expansion and upgrade to North Central West Virginia Airport could begin as early as the second quarter of this year.
The project includes building a new terminal near state Route 279, creating an additional 50 acres of airport space with taxiway access to the airport’s runway, and developing land for additional commercial and industrial use.
Gov. Jim Justice kickstarted the project in August 2019 by providing a $10 million grant from the Infrastructure Jobs Development Council and a similar loan from the West Virginia Economic Development Authority.
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