WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration has awarded a grant of $7,650,112 to the EasternIowaAirport in Cedar Rapids .
“This grant will increase capacity at the EasternIowaAirport and repair a runway so it can be used for a longer period of time,” Grassley said.
The Eastern Iowa Airport Commission will use the grant funds to rehabilitate a runway at the EasternIowaAirport . This is the first grant in a five-year Letter of Intent to increase capacity at the airport that would total $26,628,500.