Rehabilitate taxiway

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation a $768,367.37 project grant on August 27, 2025, under the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106) to administer a state block grant program supporting infrastructure improvements at nonprimary airports throughout Pennsylvania. The grant period extends through August 26, 2029, and enables PennDOT to serve as the pass-through entity distributing federal funding to eligible airports within the state for qualified aviation infrastructure projects.

As a sub-awardee under this block grant program, the City of Hazleton received funding to rehabilitate Taxiway A at Hazleton Regional Airport through a project awarded December 23, 2025. The specific work involves milling and overlaying existing pavement on Taxiway A east of Taxiway C Apron, along with reconstruction of intersections to comply with current pavement layout standards. This taxiway rehabilitation project exemplifies the types of eligible airport infrastructure improvements—including runway and taxiway rehabilitation—supported through the FAA's Airport Improvement Program to maintain safe and functional aviation facilities across the National Plan of Integrated Airports Systems.

Activities and expected outcomes

This project awards a state block grant program grant to the state of pennsylvania to administer airport improvement program sub-awards for nonprimary airports within the state. Intended beneficiary: this grant will provide federal funding for airports in the pennsylvania state block grant program.