Taxiway among projects funded

The state is contributing about $4.9 million to a dozen initiatives in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties, including projects aimed at workforce development, increasing access to mental health care and improving facilities. For the upcoming fiscal year, the Florida House implemented a local support grant program that allows legislators to request nonrecurring funding for local governments, educational entities or private programs. Among the twelve projects is $250,000 for establishing a cybersecurity workforce development pathway through the University of West Florida in Pensacola, Fla., and $500,000 toward the design and engineering of a taxiway from a runway at Naval Air Station Whiting Field to the Whiting Aviation industrial park in Milton, Fla.. (Source: Pensacola News Journal, 09/13/22)