14 August 2024

By KAREN VELIE

U.S. Representative Jimmy Panetta announced today that he helped secure new federal funding to modernize Paso Robles Airport.

The $530,610 federal grant, awarded through the Federal Aviation Administration’s Airport Improvement Program, will support the completion of the Paso Robles Airport master plan, including updates to the airport layout, spaceport plan, aeronautical surveying and sustainability efforts. This year, more than $1.1 billion was invested in airport infrastructure projects across the country to improve runways, taxiways, signage, lighting and markings.

“Improvements to the Paso Robles Airport are important and impact our local economy and safety,” Panetta said. “This federal funding will support those modernization efforts as we position the Paso Robles Airport to serve our northern San Luis Obispo County community well into the future. I look forward to continuing my bipartisan work in Congress to ensure the federal government does its part to make these types of significant investments in our local infrastructure projects in California’s 19th Congressional District.”