MUSKEGON, MI (WHTC) – The Muskegon County Airport is receiving support to upgrade its facilities.
Michigan’s U.S. Senators, Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters have announced a $1.2 million grant for the airport to improve its apron, the area where planes park.
Both Senators say investing in the airport will help create jobs in the region.
The grtant came from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Figures released last year marked the first significant increase in passenger activity since the 2008 economic downtown and Northwest Airlines acquisition by Delta Airlines. Overall passenger activity in 2012 had increased by 27 percent compared to the previous year’s figures.
