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Lehigh Valley International Airport Receives $49 Million in Funding

The Lehigh Valley International Airport is among three Pennsylvania airports receiving $49 million in funding from the Airport Terminals Program.

The new federal grant program was created by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

The airport in Allentown is receiving $5 million dollars to add four lanes to the security screening checkpoint, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. It will also be used to complete the airport’s ongoing project to complete a terminal connector.

The Philadelphia International Airport received $24 million; and the Pittsburgh International Airport was awarded $20 million.

Kat Bolus is the community reporter for the WVIA News Team. She is a former reporter and columnist at The Times-Tribune, a Scrantonian and cat mom.

You can email Kat at katbolus@wvia.org