Eufaula Municipal Airport

Eufaula Municipal Airport. Image from commons.wikipedia.org. 

Several airports in the Black Belt are among others to be awarded grants from the Alabama Department of Transportation, which awarded more than $700,000 for improvements. 

Eufaula Municipal Airport will receive $1,555,418 from the Federal Aviation Administration and $86,412 from the state to construct taxiways, with the City of Eufaula providing $86,412 in matching local funds. 

Troy Municipal Airport will receive $1,740,329 from the Federal Aviation Administration and $96,684 from the state for taxiway rehabilitation with the airport providing $96,685 in matching local funds.

Union Springs Airport-Franklin Field in Bullock County is set to receive $844,374 from the Federal Aviation Administration and $46,909 from the state to construct a 4-unit box hangar with the airport providing $46,910 in matching local funds.

William E. Stewart Jackson Municipal Airport in Jackson will receive $90,000 from the Federal Aviation Administration and $5,000 from the state for an airport master plan with the airport to provide $5,000 in matching local funds.

The grants are being made through ALDOT’s Alabama Airport Improvement Funding Program.

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