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Upcoming Investments

$6.2M for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton airport is a smart investment in NEPA’s future

The fact that the largest chunk of $10 million of state funding dedicated to infrastructure improvements at transportation hubs is earmarked for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport is not just a likely boon the area economically, but the latest in a longer line of signs of its potential for growth. Airport officials announced the investment last week, and that the $6.2 million funded by the Aviation Transportation Assistance Program that is coming the region’s way will be put toward a project to expand the Pittston Twp. airport’s terminal and upgrade its...