The Biden administration said Thursday it is providing $970 million for improvements at 114 airports around the country, with work ranging from wider concourses and new baggage-handling systems to new terminals at some small airfields.
Administration officials said the money comes from a $5 billion grant program to modernize airport terminals.
The largest sum, $50 million, will go to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida for a project to connect terminals behind the security checkpoints and provide new retail space and other amenities.
U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine of Virginia said Washington Dulles International Airport in northern Virginia will receive $35 million that will towards building a 14-gate, 400,000-square-foot terminal building. The new terminal building will include a connection to the Aerotrain — which helps passengers move throughout the airport — and Dulles’ Silver Line Metro Station.
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