By Associated Press - Sunday, September 27, 2020

HOULTON, Maine (AP) - An international airport in far northern Maine plans to use more than $4 million in federal funding to make improvements.

The money is coming to Houlton International Airport via the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Airport Improvement Program and the CARES Act. Republican Sen. Susan Collins said the airport is struggling financially because of a downturn in traffic caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

The airport will use $4.4 million to reconfigure the existing taxiway, Collins said. She called the airport “a vital part of Aroostook County’s infrastructure.”

The airport is located astride the border with the Canadian province of New Brunswick.

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