Serving Whitman County since 1877
Serving Whitman County since 1877
PULLMAN – In a ceremony Wednesday, local dignitaries officially broke ground on the Moscow-Pullman Regional Airport’s new terminal.
The airport’s recent construction comes after years of planning and fundraising, which brought in $82 million to fund the project.
The planned terminal, which is expected to be finished by the end of 2023, will be 42,000-square-feet, almost five times larger than the airport’s current 8,700-square-foot terminal.
The airport’s recent expansion is intended to accommodate an anticipated increase in flight and passenger load size, airport officials say.
Funds for the project largely came from community partners, Latah and Whitman counties, the cities of Moscow and Pullman, and their respective state universities.
In the past month, Congress awarded the airport $11.8 million for the terminal, and an additional $5 million for pedestrian and cyclist routes on Airport Road.
Reid Thompson is an intern reporter at the Whitman County Gazette. Reid is enrolled at Syracuse University, where he studies journalism and international relations.
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