Congressman Cohen Announces FAA Grant for Memphis-Shelby County Airport

Washington, DC -- Today Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) announced the Federal Aviation grant award in the amount of $7,277,015.00 to the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority for construction of a deicing containment facility, construction of a taxiway, improvements to the terminal building, runway rehabilitation, taxiway rehabilitation, and updating the Airport Master Plan Study. Specifically,

• This grant will provide funding to install emergency generators for the public use areas of the terminal building that would need to be available during emergency power outages.
• This grant will provide funding to reimburse the airport authority for funds used to rehabilitate Taxiway Victor.
• This grant will provide funding to update the airport's master plan and will include a terminal study. The master plan will also include a seismic study and associated economic evaluation of the cost associated with retrofitting structures on airport to withstand seismic activity.
• This grant provides funding for a geotechnical analysis and drainage investigation for Runway 9/27 to determine the appropriate method of rehabilitating this runway.
• This grant provides funding for the rehabilitation of a portion of Taxiway Sierra that is needed due to the aging pavement which is experiencing significant deterioration of its concrete panels.
• This grant provides funding for a de-ice pad at the south end of Taxiway Yankee which will allow for the collection of glycol from this site.
• Following this grant announcement, FAA will notify the sponsor of the AIP allocation. A grant offer will be issued subsequently for this grant as finally formulated.

Congressman Cohen, who serves on the House Transportation Committee, said, "District 9 is one of the nation’s most important transportation hubs and I’m pleased that the FAA has provided this grant which will improve our airport."