Elaine Chao Comes to Town Bearing $23.2 Million for DFW Airport Taxiway Upgrades

Texas airports will receive $57.1 million from the federal government to pay for infrastructure improvements, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao said Monday at DFW International Airport.Three North Texas airports will share in the money, with the biggest award of $23.2 million going to DFW Airport. Alliance Airport in Fort Worth, where Amazon is putting an air cargo hub, will receive $5.5 million. Dallas Love Field will get $2.6 million. “With improved transportation infrastructure in place ... the airports and communities can build a better quality of life, increase safety, move people and freight faster and create more jobs and opportunities,” Chao said.  Continue reading...