Some Kentucky airports are set to receive significant funding from the federal government.

The US Senate passed the FAA Reauthorization Act funding airports across the country and includes more than $1 million for the Cincinnati Northern Kentucky Airport and $300,000 each for the Barkly Regional Airport in west Paducah and the Owensboro Davis County Regional Airport.

The bill also allows the Bluegrass Airport in Lexington to access funds that were previously unavailable.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says that money will allow the Lexington Airport to upgrade its air traffic control tower.

And more good news on the Brant Spence Bridge project.

The federal government is giving Kentucky and Ohio the green light to move ahead.

Governor Andy Beshear office says the Federal Highway Administration has concluded its environmental review, finding no major issues.

The companion bridge can now move to the design and construction phase, the new bridge and repairs to the existing bridge are expected to cost more than three and a half billion dollars.

The Brant Spence Bridge was built in the 1960s to carry roughly 80,000 vehicles a day.

Today, that number has doubled.