$5.15 Million for Page Municipal Airport Included in Sinema-Led Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

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Page Municipal Airport is slated to receive an additional $5,156,365 over the next five years to make repairs and upgrades, once the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act--historic legislation led by Arizona's senior U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema, Chair of the Senate Aviation Safety, Operations, and Innovation Subcommittee--becomes law.

The sweeping legislation, co-led by Republican Senator Rob Portman (Ohio) and supported by President Joe Biden, resulted from bipartisan negotiations led by Sinema that would make the strongest investment in America's critical infrastructure in more than a century without raising taxes on everyday Americans. Roads, bridges, public transit, broadband, power grids, water systems, and wildfire mitigation would all see historic investments under the plan--as would America's airports.

"The City of Page has faced several hurdles over the last couple of years. First with the closing of our NGS power plant, then COVID-19, and now the lowest Lake Powell water levels in history. These adverse uncontrollable circumstances have created a trifecta of negative pressures on our small businesses that we have never faced before. The City of Page has focused on increasing our foot traffic and increasing our l daily landings at our Page Municipal Airport. The opportunity to take advantage of the new Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to Improve our taxiway and terminal is an opportunity that we in Page support 100%! I personally hope that this much needed infrastructure bill for rural airports will be supported by all in congress," said Page Mayor Bill Diak

"Page Municipal Airport serves as an economic engine for Page and Coconino County, and these infrastructure investments will boost tourism, improve safety, fuel jobs, and expand economic opportunities for Arizonans," said Sinema, Chair of the Senate Aviation Safety, Operations, and Innovation Subcommittee.

Under the Sinema-led Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, $25 billion would be set aside for upgrading America's airports--including:

$5 billion for terminal development and landside projects, which would be available through competitive grants
$5 billion for upgrading air traffic control safety infrastructure, which would be available through competitive grants
$15 billion for airport improvement projects--funding which would go directly to all of America's airports and could be used for projects such as runways and taxiways, terminal development projects, noise, and multimodal transportation
Of the $15 billion for airport improvement projects, Arizona would be slated to receive more than $360 million for airport infrastructure over the next five years.

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