Grants enable La. airport to upgrade boarding bridges

The Baton Rouge, La., airport will be able to replace at least five of its six passenger boarding bridges now that it has been awarded a $5.2 million federal grant and $300,000 from the state. “Those bridges are over 20 years old and we’ve been looking for the last four years for sources to fund a replacement,” said Mike Edwards, director of aviation at Baton Rouge Metro.