The Iowa Transportation Commission met in Corning today and approved funding for several projects.

The commission approved $9.6 million for aviation programs:

• The Airport Improvement Program (AIP) will fund $6.7 million for a variety of aviation safety initiatives, system planning, and air service development activities. It will also provide funding for airport development projects at 25 airports in Iowa.
• Aviation vertical infrastructure programs will provide $2.9 million for projects at four general aviation airports and eight commercial service airports throughout Iowa.

More than $6.1 million was approved for transportation-alternative projects:

• Waukee Regional Trail Connection and Safety Improvements Project: $2 million.
• Iowa River’s Edge Trail Bridges and Great American Rail Trail Connector, Marshalltown: $2 million.
• Emmons Street Pedestrian Bridge over I-380, Hiawatha: $792,000.
• Duck Creek Trail Underpass at Division Street, Davenport: $205,200.
• Iowa River’s Edge Trail Paving from Gifford to Union, Hardin County Conservation Board: $1.2 million.

The commission approved more than $1.4 million to support four public transit facility projects:

• Revolving Door Replacement, Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority, $120,000.
• Maintenance Facility Expansion and Modernization, University of Iowa, Cambus, $566,096.
• In-Ground Hoist Replacement, Ames Transit Agency, CyRide, $566,096.
• Passenger Elevator Replacement, Sioux City Transit, $163,048.
• Public transit service is available in all 99 counties. Thirty-five transit systems combined to provide over 19 million rides last year.