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Commissioners accept $2.17 million in FAA grants for airport taxi lanes and apron work
Summary
The Board accepted two FAA grants — $828,509 from the Airport Improvement Program and $1,345,745 from the AIG/IIJA allocation — to fund design and construction of taxi lanes, apron work, and a Williams Road realignment that supports a new Corporate Aerospace Development area.
The Craven County Board of Commissioners voted 5-0 to accept two Federal Aviation Administration grant offers totaling $2,174,254 for capital improvements at Coastal Carolina Regional Airport. Airport Director Andy Shorter told commissioners the grants come from two separate federal programs and will fund design and construction work at the airport.
Shorter described the smaller award — $828,509 — as “a portion of annual entitlement from the FAA Airport Improvement Program (AIP) to be used for the design work for the rehabilitation of taxi lane Alpha and the design work for the Williams Road re-alignment project required to improve the runway safety area.” He said the larger $1,345,745 allocation is the county’s FY26 share of the Airport Improvement Grant program provided through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and will fund taxi lane and apron construction for the airport’s new Corporate Aerospace Development area.
Shorter told the Board the projects support a private investment led by Economic Development Director Jeff Wood and noted a 60,000-square-foot hangar is expected to start construction soon, which the county anticipates will create jobs. Vice-Chairman Jason R. Jones moved to accept and sign the two grant offers; Commissioner Mitchell seconded and the motion carried in a 5-0 roll call vote. The Board was told the Williams Road project is roughly two years from completion and the tower project is separate from these grants.
