Money approved for Juneau airport upgrade
Published Tuesday, November 18, 2008
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Stumble It!JUNEAU, Alaska -- The Juneau Assembly has given its initial approval to more than $8 million to upgrade the Juneau International Airport.
The Assembly is prepping millions of dollars from sales tax revenue, passenger facility fees and grant money for the project. Airport officials hope to have the project under way come April.
Project manager Catherine Fritz says the overall project will add about 12,000 square feet of new space and renovate another 18,000.
The airport terminal is currently about 82,000 square feet. Much of the addition will make up for space used for extra screening and security required after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Fritz says there is about $22.8 million in play of state and federal grant money, sales tax revenue and passenger fees for the latest improvements.
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