ALBANY, NY (Erie News Now)--THIS WEEK GOV. KATHY HOCHUL ANNOUNCED THE START TO AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT FOR THE GREATER BINGHAMTON AIRPORT.  

THE $32 MILLION PROJECT IS PART OF THE GOVERNOR’S UPSTATE AIRPORT REVITALIZATION COMPETITION.  

THE PROJECT INTENDS TO REIMAGINE THE PASSENGER TERMINAL, CONSTRUCT A NEW CUSTOMS AND BOARDER PROTECTION FACILITY AND RE-DEVELOP THE AIRPORTS MAIN APPROACH ROAD.  

SOME LAWMAKERS SAID THESE CHANGES ARE MUCH NEEDED. 

“The terminals haven’t been updated in decades, and so this money will help,” SAID Sen. Lea Webb (D-52nd Senate District).

SEN. WEBB SAID THIS PROJECT WILL ALSO CREATE HUNDREDS OF JOBS.