$6.8 Million for Yuma Marine Corps Air Station and Yuma Int'l Airport Included in Sinema-Led bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

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Yuma Marine Corps Air Station and Yuma International Airport are slated to receive an additional $6,890,355 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 bipartisan cooperation resulting in passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act shows that our leaders understand the challenges ahead and have come together to provide integral funding of public works projects spread amongst a number of industries, all across the United States. For our local Airport, this funding alongside previous appropriations will help tremendously in supplementing our ability to continue capital improvements despite the global pandemic. As the Airport and our community recover, to have bipartisan legislation enacted shows a very promising future for each of our industries and businesses which support one another. We appreciate Senator Sinema's role in helping make this a reality," said Gladys Brown, Yuma Airport Director.

"Yuma Marine Corps Air Station and Yuma International Airport serve as economic engines for the region, 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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