A pair of airports in the Bay Area and Central Coast are set to benefit from millions of dollars in grants from the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act this year.
The 2021 law earmarked billions of dollars for a wide range of projects nationwide, including Federal Aviation Administration grants for airport upgrades and modernization projects.
On Monday, both of California’s senators, Alex Padilla and Dianne Feinstein, issued a joint announcement about $139 million in grants for eight of the state’s airports.
Included in this round of funding are the San Francisco International Airport, which will receive $31 million in 2023, and the Monterey Peninsula Airport District, which will