More than $100 million will go to airports across the country to reduce potential runway incursions, the FAA tells ABC News.
May 22, 2023, 12:00 PMto reduce potential runway incursionsThe funding, announced Monday, will be allocated to 12 airports in the wake of a series of close calls involving passenger planes earlier this year.
Grant recipients include Miami International Airport , which will receive $6 million to shift one taxiway and fix an intersection between two other taxiways, the FAA said.Jose Ramos, the division director for planning, land use and grants at MIA, called the area a "hot spot" that can be confusing for pilots. The new funding will "enhance the safety in the area of a very complex part of the airport," he said.
Tucson International Airport in Arizona will get $33.1 million -- the largest FAA grant -- to construct a new taxiway and shift and rebuild a runway to be further away from a parallel runway., the FAA's acting administrator, Billy Nolen, launched a safety review team to examine the national aerospace system's structure, culture, systems and integration of safety efforts.
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