Senator Collins Announces More Than $5.5 Million for Improvements at Bangor International Airport

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that Bangor International Airport will receive a total of $5,534,795 to support important infrastructure improvements. The funding comes from the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Fiscal Year 2026 Airport Infrastructure Grant (AIG) Program, which Senator Collins helped to establish.

"Ensuring that transportation needs across the State of Maine are met has been a priority of mine throughout my Senate service," said Senator Collins. "A key focus of our negotiations over the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in 2021 was addressing outdated infrastructure at our nation's airports. That is why we included historic investments in airport grant programs so that municipal, regional, and international airports and jetports across the country can provide safer and more efficient travel. As Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, I will continue working to ensure that federal investments benefit our state's transportation network."

"The $5.5 million Airport Infrastructure Grant for the rehabilitation of Taxiway A and Taxiway M is an important investment in the long-term safety and reliability of Bangor International Airport's airfield. This project will help ensure the airfield continues to safely and efficiently support commercial, cargo, military, and general aviation operations for years to come. We are grateful to Senator Susan Collins for her continued leadership and support of Bangor International Airport. Her commitment to investing in aviation infrastructure has helped airports across Maine make meaningful improvements that strengthen safety, support economic development, and better serve the traveling public," said Bangor International Airport Director Jose Saavedra.

Specifically, the funding from the AIG has been allocated as follows:

• Bangor International Airport (BGR) - $5,534,795 to reconstruct 5,724 feet of Taxiway A pavement that has reached the end of its useful life and rehabilitate 900 feet of Taxiway M.

Since joining the Appropriations Committee in 2009, Senator Collins has helped to secure more than $1 billion in competitive transportation grants for the State of Maine. In the past five years, Senator Collins has also secured more than $25 million in Congressionally Directed Spending for improvement projects at airports in Presque Isle, Fryeburg, Machias, and Brunswick.

In addition to her work as Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Senator Collins was one of 10 senators who negotiated the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in 2021, which provided $15 billion for federal airport infrastructure grant programs.

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