BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Five airports in Kern County were among those that received federal grants to improve airport infrastructure across the state of California, receiving over $1.7 million in total.
The Federal Aviation Administration awarded a combined total of $158,375,329 to 72 California airports in grant funding.
According to a release from the office of Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), the funding comes from two programs — the Airport Infrastructure Grant program and the Airport Improvement Program. Both programs focus on improving runways and taxiways at airports, among other projects.
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Below are the Kern County airports that received the grant funding and details on how those grants will be used:
Mojave Air and Space Port
Mojave Air and Space Port at Rutan Field received $468,421. The grant will be used to fund part of a project that seeks to rehabilitate 270 feet of the existing paved Taxiway A…