Brown Announces $22,000 to Improve Safety at Cambridge Municipal Airport

Source: United States Senator for Ohio Sherrod Brown

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the United States Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded $22,000 to Cambridge Area Regional Airport Authority, the City of Cambridge, and Guernsey County. The funds will provide economic relief to Cambridge Municipal Airport for operations, personnel, cleaning, sanitization, janitorial services, debt service payments, and combating the spread of pathogens at the airport.

“These grants are important to ensure that Cambridge Municipal Airport has the resources it needs to begin recovering from the coronavirus pandemic,” said Brown. “This funding will help combat the spread of pathogens, which is crucial to ensure both passengers and airport employees remain safe and healthy while traveling, especially as we see the rise of the Delta variant across the U.S.”

The FAA supports public-use airports included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) through the Airport Improvement Program. The program supports projects that improve airport safety, capacity, security and environmental impact. More information about the FAA’s Airport Improvement Program can be found here.

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