Dulles International Airport will rebuild one of its four runways and BWI Marshall Airport will get additional funding to purchase land in the airport’s noise zone to ease noise complaints — two big projects given the green light through new federal funding.
The U.S. Transportation Department announced Tuesday a total of $1.2 billion in new grant funding for “critical transportation infrastructure projects” across all 50 states.
Overall, airports in Maryland and Virginia will see more than $34 million in new infrastructure funding — $18.4 million in Virginia and $15.9 million in Maryland.
In addition to the projects at Dulles and BWI Marshall, regional airports across Maryland and Virginia are set to get millions in new funding for projects ranging from extending runways to fixing up taxiway lighting and signs.
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