The Princeton-Caldwell County Airport has been awarded funding from the federal infrastructure bill.
During committee reports at a recent Princeton City Council meeting, airport board member and councilman Jim Joiner shared that the airport received funding for construction projects.
click to download audioHe also said the low bid for the new beacon and tower at the airport was $79,000 and will be 100% funded by the Kentucky Department of Aviation.
According to Joiner, obstruction removal at the airport has also been finalized for the pilot’s approach. He previously reported at a meeting in March 2021 that the Princeton-Caldwell County Airport Board was moving forward with the purchase of 50-acres for the obstruction removal project after an environmental study involving a possible bat habitat was conducted by a professor and students from Murray State University came back favorable for the airport.
