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Nearly $5 million in grants awarded to Louisiana Airports to prevent the spread of COVID-19

Victoria Cristina

Travelers walk through the Salt Lake City International Airport, in Salt Lake City. The number of people flying in the United States has eclipsed the year-ago level for the first time in the pandemic period, although travel remains deeply depressed from 2019. The Transportation Security Administration said 1.34 million people passed through U.S. airport checkpoints on Sunday, March 14 topping the 1.26 million people that TSA screened on the comparable Sunday a year ago. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

WASHINGTON — Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. announced a total of 18 grants intended for cleaning and disinfecting airports across Louisiana to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

In total, $4,953,903 in funding was awarded to 18 airports from the Federal Aviation Administration

“This funding ensures Louisiana’s airports are kept clean and safe for our travelers. It also provides needed economic relief as the country reopens,” said Dr. Cassidy.

This funding is part of the Coronavirus Relief and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2020 to provide economic relief funds for costs related to operations, personnel, cleaning, sanitization, janitorial services, debt service payments, and combating the spread of pathogens at airports.

Airports that will receive the grant money include: