FAA awards $5.9 million grant to Little Rock airport

3/15/16
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/STEPHEN B. THORNTON
Passengers wait in the gate area of Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport as an American Eagle plane taxis toward its gate Tuesday in Little Rock.
3/15/16 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/STEPHEN B. THORNTON Passengers wait in the gate area of Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport as an American Eagle plane taxis toward its gate Tuesday in Little Rock.

LITTLE ROCK — The Federal Aviation Administration is awarding a $5.9 million grant to Clinton National Airport in Little Rock to rehabilitate the Adams Field taxiway.

The funding was announced Thursday by U.S. Sens. Tom Cotton and John Boozman and Rep. French Hill.

The project calls for improving 2,500 feet of the existing Taxiway A pavement.

Airport director Ronald Mathieu said the grant will pay for upgrades that will accommodate larger cargo aircraft that are sometimes diverted to the airport.

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