The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration has awarded a $5,225,950 grant to the Virginia Highlands Airport Commission in Washington County, Virginia. The funding will be used to rehabilitate an existing runway at Virginia Highlands Airport.
U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA), who represents Virginia’s 9th district and has served in Congress since 2011 after previously serving in the Virginia House of Delegates from 2000 to 2010, commented on the announcement.
“Improvements to airport runways enhance safety and aviation operations.
This DOT grant for more than $5.2 million helps the Virginia Highlands Airport Commission make structural improvements to a runway at Virginia Highlands Airport,” Griffith stated.
The grant is part of the Fiscal Year 2025 Airport Improvement Program.
Griffith was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1958 and now resides in Salem. He graduated from Emory and Henry College with a BA in 1980 and earned a JD from Washington and Lee University in 1983.
