The terminal at the Shreveport Regional Airport, as seen on Monday, Feb. 19, 2024. The U.
S. Federal Aviation Administration last week announced it is awarding nearly $1 million for improvements at three Caddo Parish airports, as well as several other north Louisiana airports. Both Shreveport airports and the Vivian Airport will be recipients of federal dollars still being allocated by the FAA through funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
The FAA announced its newest round of grants Friday, which will send more than $636 million to airports across the country as part of the fourth tranche of funding for infrastructure improvements through the federal oversight agency's Airports Improvement Program. "Thanks to this latest round of funding, passengers across the country will benefit as we make airports from Rhode Island to American Samoa more modern and efficient," U.S.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in a news release. The FAA on Friday announced another 320 grants for airports in 46 states and U.S.
territories, including nine in Louisiana totaling about $4.1 million. Most of that money will be spent at north Louisiana airports.
The Shreveport Airport Authority and the Town of Vivian will be the recipient of three of the eight grants. The grants include: But most of the other grants in the latest round of awards also will be spent improving north Louisiana airports. Those grants include: Shreveport already has received millions of dollars from FAA grants as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, including about $2 million for from a grant announced in late July.
In a news release Monday, Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy, one of the law's authors, praised the FAA for the grants and what they will mean for the state's economy. "Improving local airports is crucial to attract businesses, investors and families to Louisiana," Cassidy said.
"With funding from the Infrastructure Law, we’re making our communities more inviting for new opportunities and building an economy for 2050.".
