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Week of September 9, 2004 |
| Miami airport gets $101 million payment toward new terminal By Samantha JosephThe Federal Aviation Administration has issued a fifth payment toward its $101 million grant for the north terminal at Miami International Airport as part of the airport's ongoing $4.8 billion expansion project. The latest payment, $13.5 million, would bring the federal contribution for that terminal to nearly $58 million in the past four years. The administration has agreed to pay $101 million by 2010 for the project, which has been in the works about a decade and is now under construction. Since 1994, the federal agency has worked with local planners on devising a terminal to span the entire north side of the airport. The terminal includes an 8,600-foot runway and a parallel taxiway with connectors designed to handle growing passenger and cargo traffic at the airport. It includes concourses A-D. The grant stemmed from an application filed by Miami-Dade authorities April 3, 2000, to offset some building and operational costs. The administration made its first payment, $12 million, in 2000. Since then, four installments have brought payments to $44.3 million. "MIA continues to be the busiest airport in Florida," the federal agency said in approving the grant. "It is considered a US gateway to Central and South America and is the principal departing airport for the Caribbean." Miami-Dade County Manager George Burgess has accepted the most recent payment, but county commissioners must ratify it. The issue is set to go before the commission today (9/9).
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