Albany International Airport to receive $2 million in federal funding
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand recently announced the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded Albany, Buffalo, Syracuse, and Binghamton’s airports a total of nearly $25 million in competitive federal funding.
The funding comes from the Airport Terminal Program, created by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment & Jobs
Law.
“From Buffalo to Albany to Binghamton to Syracuse, the Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law is giving our Upstate airports the lift they need fly higher than ever before. This major nearly $25 million federal investment will help these much needed renovations for modern airport terminals takeoff,” Schumer said in a press release.
“As majority leader, I am proud to have led the Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law to passage and to land this significant boost in funding for Upstate airports to give our travelers the modern facilities they need to help the economies from Western N.Y., the Southern Tier, CNY, and the Capital Region soar.”
“New York’s airports welcome millions of travelers each year and play a critical role in facilitating tourism, spurring local economic growth, and creating good-paying jobs across our state,” said Gillibrand. “I fought to pass the Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law to provide funding like this to airports from Albany to Buffalo and I’ll keep working to make sure that every airport has the resources it needs to modernize its facilities and enhance safety.”
Albany International Airport will receive $2 million dollars toward rehabilitating the sponsor-owned Airport Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) including existing mechanical, electrical, and HVAC building systems that have reached their useful life. The project will improve energy efficiency and bring the systems up to current standards.