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RALEIGH – The N.C. Board of Transportation approved more than $27 million in state and federal funds for projects to improve safety and customer service at 13 North Carolina airports. The board approved the funds during its Sept. 2 meeting.
The funds the N.C. Board of Transportation approved are:- $315,000 in state funds to create bid documents and demolish a structure in the runway approach at Dare County Regional Airport in Manteo;
- $60,000 in additional state funds for the industrial airpark development project at Duplin County Airport in Kenansville;
- $5.32 million in state funds to rehabilitate the runway and replace the Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI) system at Hyde County Airport in Englehard;
- $180,000 in state funds to design a new above-ground fuel farm at Laurinburg-Maxton Airport;
- $2.7 million in state funds for site preparations for a new development area at Lincolnton-Lincoln County Regional Airport;
- $4.5 million in state funds to complete the parallel taxiway for Runway 23 at Lumberton Regional Airport;
- $900,000 in state funds to construct a new fuel farm at Macon County Airport in Franklin;
- $36,000 in state funds for the design and bid of the parallel taxiway at Martin County Airport in Williamston;
- $360,000 in state funds to rehabilitate the crosswind runway at Michael J. Smith Field in Beaufort;
- $1.38 million in state funds to complete the full parallel taxiway at Mount Airy/Surry County Airport;
- $4.77 million in state funds to construct new, and improve existing, taxi lanes at Raleigh Executive Jetport in Sanford;
- $766,912 in state funds to purchase land in the runway protection zone at Statesville Regional Airport;
- $3.77 million in state funds for rehabilitation of the runway, taxiway and apron at Triangle North Executive Airport in Louisburg;
- $2 million in federal funds for apron expansion and taxilane rehabilitation at Triangle North Executive Airport in Louisburg.