Transportation Investment Act Your Penny, Your Progress
After the Project: Augusta Regional Airport's Runway Rehabilitation and Apron Expansion Projects
Improvements at the regional airport will enhance economic and social development - especially through the city's special events
Did you know that Georgia has 103 public use airports? Out of that seemingly high number, only eight have regularly scheduled airline services. Of course, Hartsfield-Atlanta International Airport is the state's flagship airport with nearly 52 million passenger flights per year (most recently counted in 2019), with the Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport coming in second with nearly 1.4 million. At the third spot is Augusta Regional Airport with just over 300,000.
Regional airports are invaluable to Georgians around the state, especially those whose homes and businesses are several hours away from Hartsfield-Atlanta. Even so, nearly every airport's home community struggles with challenges like updating technologies, infrastructure maintenance, environmental factors and competition. All of these issues essentially point to one simple truth: like most ventures, it takes money to make money.
When developing their final investment list of projects for their second decade of TIA participation, the Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) region's leadership roundtable included four airport projects in Augusta-Richmond County to make long-awaited improvements at two facilities: two at Daniel Field and two at Augusta Regional Airport. Both of the Augusta Regional Airport projects recently completed major construction, and in our latest short video airport leaders explain the significance of the facility to both Augusta and the CSRA, and why TIA investment is crucial to both the city's and region's success.
