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Show Four Corners Commission approve funds for Cedar airport program Approval of $109,780 was a-warded a-warded June 8 to Iron County to help stimulate growth of the tourist industry in southern Utah, according to Senator Wallace F. Bennett cf Utah. Cedar City Corporation are applicants for the funds from the Four Corners Commission. The money will be used to help resurface and enlarge the city's airport which will include in-clude runway extension, lighting, fencing and construction con-struction of a fire station, Install In-stall water line and fire hydrants, hy-drants, Senator Bennett said. Cedar City ls developing as ffrowth center for southern Utah and its municipal airport air-port provides commercial air service for southern Utah and portions of Arizona and Nevada. Nev-ada. The senator added the to provide increase service to project wilf enable the airport meet the needs of the area's growing ski industry. Senator Sena-tor Bennett also said, Federal Aviation Administration, Department De-partment of Transportation, is making $334,113 grant to the Cedar City Corporation, who will furnish $113,482 in state and local funds to complete the $567,375 total cost of the project. |