This is a conceptual digital image of the proposed terminal for the new Cleveland, Tenn., airport at night.AIRPORT GRANTSFacility / Federal / State / Local share / TotalLocal airports:Cleveland Municipal Airport / $5 million / $385,000 / $940,555 / $6.33 millionTullahoma Municipal Airport / $288,000 / $405,000 / $77,000 / $770,000Other Tennessee airports:Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport / $3.5 million / $27,000 / $187,211 / $3.71 millionMcGhee Tyson Airport / 0 / $455,000 / $50,556 / $505,556Springfield-Robertson County Airport / 0 / $94,989 / $15,663 / $110,652Source: Tennessee Department of Transportation, Aeronautics Division, airport officials
More than $5.46 million in Tennessee and federal grants will help pay for design work on the new airport in Bradley County and safety and access improvements at the airport in Coffee County.
In Cleveland, the recipient of $5.385 million in state and federal money, funding will be used for sewer design and construction of a terminal building at the new Cleveland Municipal Airport, said Gloria Malone, TDC Consultants administrative assistant and retired assistant director of Cleveland Public Works. TDC is the design firm for the project.
Cleveland’s local match toward the project, which is located in the Michigan Avenue-Tasso Road area north of town, totals $940,555.
Malone said part of the money will be used to build the estimated $2.1 million to $2.2 million terminal building and associated parking, lighting, fencing and landscaping.