Buttigieg touts airport projects to boost safety, efficiency
The federal government is spending more money on airport improvements designed to reduce the number of times that planes must taxi across active runways
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The federal government is spending more money on improvements at Dallas-Fort Worth International and other airports that officials say will increase safety by reducing the number of times that planes on the ground must taxi across active runways.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg stood before a bulldozer and mountain of dirt Thursday as he announced that DFW, the nation's second busiest airport behind Atlanta, will get $29 million more for a new “end-around taxiway.”
DFW officials say that when work is completed in 2025, it will eliminate the need for planes to taxi across two of the airport's main runways.
“Every time a plane has to cross an active runway to get to where it's going, that's a source of risk,” Buttigieg told reporters.
