Stimulus funds squandered money

Coburn has the entire report here, posted on Michelle Malkin. There is much more to come: 

The John Murtha Airport in Johnstown/Cambria County will receive $800,000 in economic stimulus funds, despite the fact that virtually no one uses the airport.   

 

According to ABC News the airport will receive money for an, “$18 million runway made of reinforced concrete that's big enough to land any airplane in North America. The airport also has a $7 million air traffic control tower, a $14 million hanger and $8 million radar.” However, “most of the time, the only thing the airport doesn't have is airplanes.”22  

 

Last year, Rep. John Murtha asked Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to pay to build a backup runway.  But with less than 10,000 passengers using the airport or close to 20 passengers per day, it didn’t meet the agency criteria for support, so the request was denied.