Airports in Virginia will get nearly $57 million in federal funding, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine said Tuesday, with the bulk of the money going toward Dulles International Airport’s terminal building.
Dulless will receive $40 million from the Federal Aviation Administration’s Airport Terminals Program. The money will go toward the construction of a new 14-gate, 400,000-square-foot terminal building, including “direct connections to the Aerotrain and indirect connection to the Metrorail,” the senators said in a news release.
Earlier in the year, they announced additional funding for Dulles that added up to $104.6 million for the new terminal building at Dulles.
The terminal project is estimated to cost between $500 million and $800 million, with completion expected in 2026, according to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.
Norfolk International gets just over $14.7 million to improve traffic flow in and out of the main terminal by realigning an access roadway.
Richmond International Airport’s $2.25 million in funding will be to design a proposed consolidated Passenger Screening Checkpoint to ease congestion.
The money comes from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act that both senators helped pass.
“Virginia’s airports help Virginians and visitors get where they need to go and serve as critical economic development hubs,” said Kaine and Warner.
Feature image courtesy Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
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