New York State Helps Small Airports

Read this story yesterday, here is part of it below. We need some money direct from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, not the tax-payers of Worcester, to pay for a Category 3 Landing System.



NYSDOT: $76.4 MILLION AVAILABLE FOR AVIATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE
New York's Small Airports to Receive $30 Million in First Two-Year Round of Funding
ALBANY, NY -- (01/26/2006; 1400)(EIS) -- New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) Commissioner Thomas J. Madison Jr. today announced $76.4 million in a new aviation improvement funding program that will help New York's small airports make infrastructure and aviation security improvements that will secure and modernize the State's public-use general aviation airports. Made available through the $2.9 billion Rebuild and Renew New York Transportation Bond Act, the funding will provide approximately $30 million for improvements in the first two-year round of funding through 2008. The remaining $46.4 million in funding will be made available from 2008 through 2010.

"Thanks to the support of Governor Pataki and public support for the $2.9 billion Rebuild and Renew New York Transportation Bond Act, we have the resources necessary to ensure that our airports remain secure and competitive," Commissioner Madison said. "We encourage all eligible airports to take advantage of these opportunities to improve their facilities and help their communities and customers in the process."