To the editor:

Wonderful plans to improve the Punta Gorda Airport are in the works.

The terminal will be expanded and improved. Many new safety features will be installed.

This should bring lots of good-paying construction jobs to the area, as well as more flights and destinations.

Much of the funding for this massive project comes from the infrastructure bill passed by both houses of Congress and signed by President Biden without the help of our Congressman Byron Donalds or our two senators, Marco Rubio and Rick Scott who voted NAY. To date over $8 BILLION of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act has been set aside for Florida.

So much more can be accomplished if our representatives work together and reach across the aisle instead of blocking important legislation.

Arlene Gilbert

St. James City