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Nearly $24M In COVID Relief Funding Heading To Maryland Airports

BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- Nearly $24 million in federal funding will be going to help airports in Maryland recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The funding will go toward enhanced cleaning and sanitization efforts and will help offset pandemic-related costs for personnel, operations and debt services.

CORONAVIRUS COVERAGE:

BWI Airport will be getting the biggest chunk of the money, more than $21 million.

This is on top of more than $107 million awarded to Maryland airports last year.

For the latest information on coronavirus go to the Maryland Health Department's website or call 211. You can find all of WJZ's coverage on coronavirus in Maryland here.

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