CONGRESSWOMAN EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON ANNOUNCES A $4,053,823 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) GRANT FOR THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

Washington, DC (Friday, March 25, 2011) – Today, Congresswoman Johnson announced the FAA will award DFW International airport a grant of $4,053,823 that will go towards the rehabilitation of one of the airport’s primary runways.

The existing pavement on runway 18L/36R and taxiway requires rehabilitation to enhance safe airfield operations and this grant will help in this important project. DFW International Airport is one of the largest and busiest airports in the country and Congresswoman Johnson is committed to ensuring that the airport can continue to provide safe and efficient service.

"I'm proud to announce that the Federal Aviation Administration will award DFW Airport a grant for over four million dollars that will be used to rehabilitate the pavement of one of the airport's primary runways,” said Congresswoman Johnson. “This funding will help keep DFW's runways in safe and optimum operating condition and I am proud to be a partner in these efforts.”

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U.S. Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson is Ranking Member of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. She is also the highest-ranking Texan on the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure. She represents the 30th Congressional District of Texas that includes Downtown Dallas, Fair Park, Oak Lawn, Turtle Creek, Old East Dallas, Pleasant Grove, & South Oak Cliff; all of Balch Springs, DeSoto, Hutchins, Lancaster & Wilmer and parts of Cedar Hill, Duncanville, Ferris, Glenn Heights and Ovilla.