The Connecticut Airport Authority is getting nearly $100 million of federal funding for three of its airports. The bulk of the $99.27 million will go to Bradley International Airport, which is in Windsor Locks. Bradley got $76.14 million for an inline baggage screening building, $17.96 million for a vertical circulation project and $278,643 for a taxiway extension project. Groton-New London Airport will get nearly $2.91 million in federal money for airfield lighting and new signs for the facility. Hartford-Brainard Airport will get nearly $1.98 million in federal grant to be used for easement acquisition and obstruction removal. The grants will allow officials at Bradley International, which is New England’s second busiest airport, to “create an easier and more streamlined airport experience for travelers, according to U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.
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