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Council ratifies FAA grants for Hawkins Field and Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport; Hawkins apron repairs highlighted
Summary
The council approved multiple Airport Improvement Program and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law grants cosponsored with the Jackson Municipal Airport Authority, including funding for apron joint and crack sealing at Hawkins Field; airport leaders said grants support general-aviation safety and that runway length prevents large jets at Hawkins.
The Jackson City Council on Aug. 12 approved a series of co-sponsorship orders with the Jackson Municipal Airport Authority (JMAA) for multiple federal Airport Improvement Program (AIP) and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law grants, voting 7-0 on the items presented.
Sam Washington, director of capital programming for JMAA, told the council the Hawkins Field project funded under the grants will focus on apron improvements: “We’re gonna do an apron improvement project where we’re going to seal the joints and the cracks in the apron ... so that the apron will be…
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