Airport lands $1.5M grant for runway project

The Federal Aviation Administration awarded the Naples Airport Authority a grant worth more than $1.5 million toward a runway reconfiguration project.

The FAA, in total, will provide $1,580,993, which reflects 90% of the project cost, according to a release. The airport, through an agreement with the Florida Department of Transportation, will receive another $87,883, 5% of the project cost, the release adds. The remaining 5% will be covered by the airport's capital improvement project budget.

The project is a reconfiguration of the end of taxiway A at runway 5. Once complete, the improvement project will bring the runway's connector up to FAA's new standards, the release states. The project also includes a new holding bay.