Harry P. Williams will receive $159,000 in airport funding

Memorial Airport near Patterson is among the Louisiana facilities that will receive funding under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, according to a press release from the office of U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La.
Louisiana’s airports will receive $35,689,010 million in funding this year from act, Cassidy said.
This amount is in addition to Louisiana’s annual funding under the Airport Improvement Program because of the act.
“This is just the beginning of the billions in resources coming to Louisiana and would not have happened without passing the bipartisan infrastructure bill,” said Cassidy. “Improving our airports is essential for our state to catch up, attract investment, and create opportunity.”
This additional funding only accounts for fiscal year 2022. Louisiana can expect to receive similar sums of funding for airport infrastructure from Cassidy’s infrastructure bill each year for the next four years. Local leaders and airports will decide which projects they ultimately fund with this additional funding.
Harry P. Williams will receive $159,000, the press release said.
The largest grants will go to the largest airports, led by $14 million for Louis Armstrong in New Orleans.
The Shreveport, Lake Charles, Lafayette, Alexandria and Monroe airports will receive at least $1 million.
Harry P. Williams is one of 23 airports that will receive $159,000 grants.
Houma-Thibodaux Airport in Houma, Acadiana Regional Airport in Iberia and South Lafourche's airport will each receive $295,000.