GREEN RIVER — Sweetwater County Board of Commissioners approved the administrative transfer of $1.3 million dollars in Federal Aviation Administration funds while Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport Director Devon Brubaker delivered updates about the airport construction Tuesday morning.

The funds transfer FAA Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funds is under a “Transfer of Entitlement” between the airports. The $1.3 million transferred to Sheridan County Airport is in repayment to a prior transfer of funds to Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport. These funds can be held for three years at the designated airport but can be transferred between airports to assist with different projects if the funds aren’t needed.

This is the first transfer of two $1.3 million amounts as a second block of fun

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