For Release: October 17, 2006

For Release: October 17, 2006

CONTACT: Travis Vallin, CDOT Aeronautics (303) 261-4418

Dan Hopkins, Governor?s Press Secretary (303) 866-6324

Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport? Receives State Aviation Grant

DENVER, COLORADO ? Colorado Governor Bill Owens announced today that Jefferson County has been awarded a state aviation grant totaling $194,737 for improvements at Jefferson County Airport (now known as Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport?). 

The grant will be combined with $5.7 million of federal and/or local monies to fund taxiway relocation and pavement maintenance. 

On Oct. 13, 43 state aviation grants totaling $3.85 million were awarded by the seven-member Colorado Aeronautical Board, which over the past decade has awarded nearly 500 grants totaling nearly $35 million to Colorado public-use airports.  The grants are to be used solely for aviation purposes and are funded from aviation fuel tax revenues. 

?These aviation grant funds help Colorado?s public-use airports bring in millions of dollars in federal project funds they might not otherwise be able to obtain,? Governor Owens notes.  ?That?s good news for our airports and for their communities, which depend on airports for quick and safe transportation as well as critical services such as flight-for-life and search & rescue.  This program has been a big boost for our public-use airports for many years.?

Harold Patton of Greenwood Village, Colorado Aeronautical Board chair, called the grants ?a reliable fiscal resource for improving and maintaining Colorado?s 78 public-use airports.  These grants allow us to help create better airport safety and services.?

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