TRENTON — New Jersey airports will get $27 million in federal grants, most of it for safety improvements at Teterboro and Trenton-Mercer airports, officials announced today. Trenton-Mercer, a county-owned airport, will get $13.4 million to improve its runway safety area, according to a joint announcement by New Jersey’s two U.S. Senators, Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez. Teterboro Airport, a...
Newark Liberty International Airport is shown in this file photo. Along with other N.J. airports, Newark will share in $27 million in federal grants to make safety improvements.TRENTON — New Jersey airports will get $27 million in federal grants, most of it for safety improvements at Teterboro and Trenton-Mercer airports, officials announced today.
Trenton-Mercer, a county-owned airport, will get $13.4 million to improve its runway safety area, according to a joint announcement by New Jersey’s two U.S. Senators, Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez. Teterboro Airport, a general aviation facility in Bergen County owned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, will get $10.6 million for similar improvements, the senators announced.
Newark Liberty International Airport, also owned by the Port Authority, will get $3.2 million to rehabilitate its taxiways, the senators said, while Morristown Municipal Airport will get $190,475 to improve its runway approach.
"These upgrades will help us strengthen our economy, accommodate business travelers and welcome tourists," Lautenberg said in a statement.