Airport gets $10 million funding boost

Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers announced last week that the Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport has received another grant from the Department of Transportation for its runway realignment project. The grant totals $10 million and is the second grant the airport has received from the DOT this year, bringing its total $25 million.

“This grant is great news for the Pullman-Moscow Airport,” McMorris Rodgers said in a press statement. “The runway realignment will enable new flights and opportunities to help connect eastern Washington with the rest of the world. I'm happy to see the Department of Transportation continue these infrastructure investments in our community.”

M.A. DeAtley of Clarkston is currently working on phase two of the runway realignment. This phase includes excavations, installation of primary and supplemental wind cones, construction of the utility corridor and runway and taxiway crack sealing. It also includes storm drain improvements, installation of an under-drain and construction of a new electrical building.

The work is expected to continue through the remainder of this year before closing out when winter weather hits. Design work plans for the 2018 phase are currently underway. The project is expected to extend to 2020.