EDINBURG – Texas State Representative Terry Canales (D-40) along with leadership from the City of Edinburg announced $5 million in state funding for the South Texas International Airport. The funding will be used for phase II of a five phase master plan that will increase the capacity to facilitate aircraft storage for emergency medical response services and border security operations. The project will consist of an aircraft hangar and ancillary services to support a Level I Trauma Center. South Texas is sparsely populated and the necessity for a medical helicopter is pertinent to the health care that is needed...
