Iowa Airport Funding Includes New Elevator

A project to expand and update the passenger terminal at The Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids is set to receive another US$20.4 million in federal funding, The Daily Nonpareil reports, bringing total federal funding for the airport project this year to almost US$49 million. The latest amount of funding comes from the federal infrastructure law and is part of US$1 billion that is being awarded to 85 airports across the country, federal officials said. Eastern Iowa Airport officials said the terminal upgrades will include additional jet bridges, expanded concourse space, more concessions and amenities and a continued transition to a geothermal ventilation system. The funding will support the airport’s final phase of the terminal modernization project, and the latest improvements are scheduled to begin in spring 2023. In Iowa, five airport projects received funding under the infrastructure law, including US$112,500 for an elevator in the aviation terminal at Council Bluffs Municipal Airport, along with a new terminal at the Des Moines International Airport, and solar power systems at Dubuque Regional Airport and Washington Municipal Airport.