The money is designed to help those eligible airports to invest in measures that aim to prevent, prepare for and respond to the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the FAA.
Springfield city officials are still in the process of figuring out how that money, recently awarded, will be spent. The money has not been allocated for a specific project, but could go toward infrastructure improvements at the airport, said Seth Timmerman, the manger of Springfield-Beckley.
Springfield commissioners approved the grant award during their public meeting Nov. 9. That money is the latest in state and federal funds being allocated to the airport.
The Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport is slated to see more than $11 million in investment in the near future, with a large portion of that money going towards the construction of the National Advanced Air Mobility Center of Excellence .
The airport has also been awarded several federal grants in the past few months that will go toward runway rehabilitation and other infrastructure improvements.
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