The State of Pennsylvania was honored to receive the first economic recovery funds from the American Recovery and Rehabilitation Act (ARRA). On March 12, 2009, DOT Secretary Ray LaHood announced that Pittsburgh International Airport would receive $10 million as part of the recovery package and $2 million would go to the Allegheny County Airport. Actual [...]
All posts for the month December, 2009
Stimulus Watch: Allegheny County Airport Authority
Posted by Victoria Houghton on December 16, 2009
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2009/12/16/stimulus-watch-allegheny-county-airport-authority/
House includes AIP funding in second jobs bill
It’s good news – and testament to ACI-NA’s lobbying efforts – that $500 million will be included for airport improvement projects in the $75 billion jobs bill announced today by Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD). Here’s what ACI-NA President Greg Principato had to say: “The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has held a series of [...]
Posted by webmaster on December 15, 2009
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2009/12/15/house-includes-aip-funding-in-second-jobs-bill/
All I Want for Christmas…
By Jessica Steinhilber …is an extension to the deadline for comments on the EPA’s proposed effluent limitation guidelines to address stormwater runoff from airport and airline deicing activities. (Put that in a song!) Apparently I was good this year because EPA granted my wish. In yesterday’s Federal Register, EPA officially announced that the original comment [...]
Posted by webmaster on December 15, 2009
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2009/12/15/all-i-want-for-christmas%e2%80%a6/
DOT Highlights Economic Benefits of AMT Exemption on Airport Bonds
By Annie Russo At a Dec. 10 House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the DOT’s John Porcari highlighted the benefits the AMT exemption on private activity bonds has had on the economy, saying the provision “is helping us leverage our funding to get the most out of Recovery [...]
Posted by webmaster on December 14, 2009
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2009/12/14/dot-highlights-economic-benefits-of-amt-exemption-on-airport-bonds/
Cold Temperatures, Hot Topic
I’m writing this entry while looking out onto a snowy airfield at Kansas City International Airport. We’ve had a tremendous four days here at the ACI-NA/ACC/FAA Airport Planning Redefined Course and NEPA Workshop. Our events here were attended by more than 120 airport professionals from around the country. As my colleague Matt Griffin mentioned in his blog [...]
Posted by Victoria Houghton on December 11, 2009
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2009/12/11/cold-temperatures-hot-topic/