Posted on 07/14/2010 8:05:53 AM PDT by Willie Green
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham announced Tuesday more than $10 million in grants to airports in Lexington and Sumter, as well as airports in Anderson, Charleston, Chesterfield, Darlington, Greenville, Horry and Laurens.
Here's what the U.S. Transportation Department grants will pay for, according to a news release from Graham's office.
Anderson
Anderson County will receive a $3,774,000 grant for an airfield pavement evaluation study, to design and construct apron rehabilitation, and to design and construct taxiway rehabilitation at Anderson Regional Airport. Anderson County will also receive a $649,865 grant for runway and taxiway lighting at Anderson Regional Airport.
Charleston
Charleston County Aviation Authority will receive a $388,248 grant to construct a terminal building, improve utilities, and design a runway rehabilitation project at Mt. Pleasant Regional Airport.
Chesterfield
City of Pageland will receive a $150,000 grant to acquire over 50 acres of property for developing a terminal area for Pageland Airport.
Darlington
Darlington County will receive a $278,090 grant for rehabilitation of the apron and taxi lane pavement at Darlington County Airport.
Greenville-Spartanburg
The Greenville-Spartanburg Airport Commission will receive a $1,247,032 grant for land acquisition to construct a highway overpass to provide passenger access on to Interstate 85 at Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport
The City of Greenville will receive a $442,510 grant for installation of a retrofit to the top of the existing Engineered Materials Arresting System bed at the Greenville Downtown Airport.
Greenwood
Greenwood County will receive a $187,345 grant for the construction of fuel farm modifications at the Greenwood County Airport.
Horry
Horry County will receive a $3,027,059 grant for a terminal expansion project at the Myrtle Beach International Airport.
Laurens
Laurens County will receive a $209,856 grant for the first phase of a 10 unit hangar project at Laurens County Airport.
Lexington
Lexington County will receive a $257,177 grant for taxiway design and construction at Lexington County Airport.
Sumter
The City of Sumter will receive a $133,095 grant for the design phase of a runway safety area improvement project at Sumter Airport.
An absolutely ridiculous waste of money for a completely unnecessary project. It's almost as dumb as installing high speed rail.
Charleston needs it. An embarrassing little terminal for such a beautiful, vibrant city.
In Anderson 3 million for a STUDY???? Anderson county has the highest unemployment in South Carolina, how many will that employ??? Graham is an idiot!
I want a new car but I can’t afford one right now, let alone fixing the one I have now. So I get by till I can afford those minor fixes and quit dreaming about a new one.
Economics ain’t all that hard.
This is why we call him a RINO ... he is NOT a conservative. We MUST stop the spending rather than “spending” to gain favor for votes!
The rush is on to fill the king of pork position recently vacated by the byrde.
It isn't Charleston Airport but Mt. Pleasant Airport which is Charleston County.
Charleston
Charleston County Aviation Authority will receive a $388,248 grant to construct a terminal building, improve utilities, and design a runway rehabilitation project at Mt. Pleasant Regional Airport.
Gotcha. They need to spend it on a new terminal for Charleston Airport.
Gotcha. They need to spend it on a new terminal for Charleston Airport.
South Carolina has to be the only state without a decent airport anywhere in the state.
But I have never flown into ND, SD, MT or ID. So I'm not sure about those states.
Actually, I take that back. Columbia is a really nice airport. But you can't get there from here since no airline seems to fly there regularly.
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