Serving the High Plains

Airport receiving grant

Tucumcari Municipal Airport is receiving a $2.8 million Federal Aviation Administration grant for taxiway rehabilitation.

Ten airports in New Mexico received more than $13.6 million in grants for infrastructure improvements and redevelopment, according to a joint news release Monday from U.S. Send. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Lujan, Deb Haaland and Xochitl Torres Small.

The funds are from Department of Transportation grants for infrastructure improvements and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act passed in March.

Airports in Albuquerque, Belen, Clayton, Vaughn, Fort Sumner, Moriarty, Roswell, Santa Fe and Jacarilla Apache Nation also received grants.