42 MS airports get $7.5M in grants

STARKVILLE, Miss. - Members of the Mississippi’s congressional delegation announced $7.54 million in Airport Improvement Program grants for 42 of the state’s airports. Starkville’s George M. Bryan Airport got $168,891 for airfield guidance system installation, perimeter fencing and obstruction removal. The Golden Triangle Regional Airport at Columbus got a $550,343 grant for drainage system installation, security enhancements, taxiway improvements and terminal building modification. The AIP grants are funded by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). A grant of $341,511 was announced for McCharen Field in West Point and $71,268 for Columbus-Lowndes County Airport. (Source: Starkville News 06/04/17)