Improvements are on the way for 11 airports across North Carolina following the approval of $35.4 million in state funding for aviation projects by the NC Board of Transportation.
“Airports are a critical part of North Carolina’s transportation system,” NC Department of Transportation’s Division of Aviation director Bobby Walston said in news release. “Completing these projects will increase the safety of these facilities while also maintaining the link these airports provide our state to the national and global economies.”
Projects and estimated costs include:
- Albert J. Ellis (Jacksonville) Airport lighting, signage and electrical vault replacement — $1,400,000
- Billy Mitchell (Hatteras) Airport repaving – $1,200,000
- Coastal Carolina (New Bern) Airport runway repaving — $3,000,000
- Duplin County Airport runway widening and improved lighting — $4,000,000
- First Flight (Kill Devil Hills) Airport repaving – $1,000,000
- Kinston Regional Airport runway and taxiway repaving — $8,000,000
- Laurinburg Maxton Airport taxiway repaving — $2,000,000
- Ocracoke Island Airport repaving – $1,200,000
- Rockingham-Shiloh Airport runway repaving — $3,600,000
- Statesville Airport taxiway parallel construction — $8,000,000
- Tarboro-Edgecombe County Airport runway repaving, updating airfield lighting and repairing damage caused by Hurricane Matthew — $2,000,000
With the exception of the Albert J. Ellis Airport project, which will be funded 90 percent by the state and 10 percent locally, each of these safety projects are completely state-funded. The funds being used are allocated for safety, operations and maintenance.