BRUNSWICK
Senators Susan Collins and Angus King on Wednesday announced grants from the Federal Aviation Administration that will support Brunswick Executive Airport.
The grant, in the amount of more than $2. 6 million, is part of the FAA’s Military Airport Program that provides funding to convert military airfields for public use.
“Maine’s aviation infrastructure keeps its residents connected with the rest of the country and the world,” Collins and King said in a joint statement. “This funding will support the necessary upgrades and developments to improve air travel services and safety at Brunswick Executive Airport.”
Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority, the agency charged with redeveloping the former Brunswick Naval Air Station, oversees the airport.
MRRA Executive Director Steve Levesque said this latest grant is one in a series equaling some $12 million to date used to restore the airfield and related equipment. MRRA is upgrading that infrastructure from Department of Defense to FAA standards.
According to Levesque, these funds have allowed MRRA to make significant improvements to the airfield. This recent grant will allow MRRA to continue upgrading Hangar 6 — specifically replacing the hangar’s enormous doors.
These FAA grants will also allow for repair to joints in the runway and ramp pavement.
Other projects include removal of runway center lights and repairs to the plane de-icing system.
Grants have also been used for wildlife fencing around the airfield, a new beacon, efficiency programs for Hangars 5 and 6, as well as lowering all associated runway lighting to meet FAA standards.
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