Topeka Regional Airport receives $2.2 million for safety improvements

TOPEKA (KSNT) - The Topeka Regional Airport is set to receive $2.2 million as part of a Biden administration program to improve the nation's airports.

On Friday, the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced $123 million would go to improving 235 airports in 35 different states. The funds come from the second round of the Airport Improvement Program (AIP).

“The Biden-Harris Administration continues to make our aviation system safer, more accessible, and more resilient through initiatives like the Airport Improvement Program,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. “The grants we’re announcing today will help modernize hundreds of airports across the country and better meet the current and future demands of the flying public.”

Funds will be used for various construction projects to repair runways and taxiways, improve lighting and signage or purchase needed equipment. The funds going to the Topeka Regional Airport will be used to reconstruct the pavement on Taxiway A for improved safety.

“This $123 million investment helps airports across the Nation sustain and improve critical infrastructure to advance the safest, most efficient airport system in the world,” said FAA Associate Administrator for Airports Shannetta R. Griffin, P.E.

For a list of approved FAA grants, click here.

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