TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – Governor Laura Kelly announced on Friday that four Kansas communities have secured more than $1.9 million in infrastructure funding to improve local airports.
The communities secured more than $1.7 million in federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funding from the Federal Aviation Administration’s Airport Infrastructure Grant (AIG) program.
Additionally, these projects are receiving almost $200,000 in matching funds from the Kansas Infrastructure Hub and Build Kansas Fund.
The four Kansas airport projects receiving funding are:
- Independence Municipal Airport – Taxiway Rehabilitation
- Build Kansas Funding – $37,248
- Federal Funding Awarded – $335,224
- Total Project – $372,472
- Hutchinson Regional Airport – Construct General Aviation Taxilane
- Build Kansas Funding – $97,888
- Federal Funding Awarded – $881,000
- Total Project – $978,888
- Coffey County Airport – Taxiway Rehabilitation
- Build Kansas Funding – $31,863
- Federal Funding Awarded – $286,754
- Total Project – $318,617
- Elkhart-Morton County Airport – Runway Rehabilitation
- Build Kansas Funding – $26,250
- Federal Funding Awarded – $236,257
- Total Project – $262,507
In addition to these four awards, the Build Kansas Fund has provided the required match dollars for 23 other federal grant awards across Kansas.
The combined total investment by the Build Kansas Fund in all projects is over $28.5 million, which has resulted in federal grant awards of more than $44.8 million.
The Kansas Infrastructure Hub connects multiple state agencies and serves as a resource center for Kansas communities to identify best practices for maximizing BIL funding opportunities. The Build Kansas Fund provides state matching dollars for projects throughout Kansas that successfully apply for federal grants under BIL. In 2023, the Kansas Legislature and Governor Kelly approved $200 million for the Build Kansas Fund to provide state-matching dollars to Kansas entities and projects to meet federal-local match requirements.
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