The city of McKinney accepted a $7 million grant from the Texas Department of Transportation for the city’s airport expansion.
The McKinney city council, including the newly sworn in mayor Bill Cox, voted unanimously at a meeting on Tuesday to pass a resolution accepting the funds. The grant will cover 82% of the costs to rehabilitate Taxiway A, the airport’s general aviation taxiway, according to a release from the city. The city provided the rest of the funds for the $8.95 million taxiway project.
The taxiway restoration project includes fixing old pavement, constructing a new taxiway connector and removing the old one and grading and drainage improvements…