The Federal Aviation Administration will provide $295,000 to Bowman Field Airport in Louisville, Ky. as part of President Joe Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL).
The investment, part of more than $20 billion the BIL will invest in the nation’s airports, can be used for investments into runways, taxiways, safety and sustainability projects, as well as terminal, airport-transit connections and roadway projects.
“For more than a century, Bowman Field has helped the aviation industry and this community take off and grow – and it still plays that important role for this region. The funding coming its way will allow it to make improvements to the airport to keep that proud tradition,” FAA Associate Administrator of Airports Shannetta Griffin said while visiting the airport on Monday.
The funding, the FAA said, will help Americans in overlooked communities create good-paying jobs, generate new economic opportunities and build community wealth.
The investment, Griffin’s office said, was part of the administration’s commitment to working with communities to help them access federal resources and improve transparency. The BIL is set to deliver historic levels of funding for infrastructure projects across the country, and the Biden administration is committed, the office said, to ensuring rural and municipal communities across the country have access to that money to revitalize and rebuild.