Airport to receive funding for commercial terminal

The Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport will receive funding for commercial terminal upgrades.

During the Sweetwater County commissioners meeting Tuesday morning, airport director Devon Brubaker said he had received confirmation from the Federal Aviation Administration that the airport’s project will receive funding.

According to Brubaker, the airport will be given about $9 million in federal funding, $3.4 million from the Wyoming Department of Transportation Aeronautics and $3 million from the Wyoming Business Council. The remaining $2.9 million the county will need to come up with.

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