ALBANY – Three area airports have been granted state funds for upgrades to their infrastructure.
Columbia County Airport will receive $2.4 million toward terminal building upgrades addressing the existing facilities’ age and energy inefficiencies by rehabilitation and replacement improvements to many of the existing components in the terminal area space, hangar and pilots’ lounge.
Hudson Valley Regional Airport, Dutchess County’s airport, will receive $200,000 toward the purchase of two electric powers capable of maintaining the airfield turf areas, and the purchase of two electric support vehicles for on-airport operations travel.
Orange County Airport will receive $1.4 million toward expanding the visual area and technological capabilities of the existing security and surveillance system consisting of upgrading existing security cameras, adding new security cameras, replacing existing keypads at automated gates and providing remove access technology, chain link fencing, and gates.
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