Improvements Granted at Palestine Airport
1 Sep 2020
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The Palestine Airport is getting some much needed improvements due to Texas Department if Transportation and the CARES Act Grant.
In a zoom meeting of the Airport Advisory Board on Aug. 11, the board and the city discussed both grants. The main topics for the agenda of the meeting were the 2020-2021 budget, including repairs on various projects the airport.
The city is using a Texas Department if Transportation grant it received for replacing its 20-year old Automated Weather Observation System. The replacement is expected to be completed by the end of the year.
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