Governor Jim Douglas on September 1 will join Agency of Transportation Secretary David Dill, Federal Aviation Administration Regional Administrator Amy Corbett, Pike Industry President Christian Zimmermann, and Central Vermont Chamber of Commerce Executive Director George Malek to break ground at Knapp Airport in Berlin on a $6 million federal stimulus project that will create dozens of jobs.
It is not a project Vermont would be undertaking at this time if it were not for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Although VTrans has been planning this project for years, the Agency never was able to identify a funding source as the price tag is extremely high. The project will employ workers for more than two years.
The competitive grant funding supplied through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for the Knapp Airport project comes in addition to the $130 million in apportioned transportation stimulus money provided to Vermont for highways, bridges, and public transit. This additional money will be used to make long-planned safety improvements to the airport that Vermont, until now, was unable to afford.
The ceremony will take place at 1:15 pm on the airport grounds.
Source: VTrans. Aug 31, 2009.
Ceremonial groundbreaking Tuesday for $6 million Knapp Airport stimulus project
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