CHARLOTTE, N.C. — On Thursday, Charlotte Douglas International Airport officials provided an update on a brand new lobby that could help passengers get to their gates faster.
If it feels like construction has been never ending at CLT, it's because the airport has been through multiple construction phases over the past few years.
The Queen City's airport has seen a surge of growth over the past two decades as the number of passengers has nearly doubled.
Back in 2015, construction started to revamp the growing airport. In 2017, the airport outlined the different projects it planned to take on over the following three years. The first part of the project led to some new gates. It involved four projects that were broken up into phases. The elevated roadway and terminal curb front were scheduled to be completed in 2019. Both the expansion of Concourse A and the East Terminal was to be done in 2019. The terminal renovations were to be completed by 2020, too.
Airport officials are hoping to bring new life to a building that opened back in 1982. Those changes will increase space for passengers while adding more security and ticketing areas. That project broke ground in December 2019 and is projected to finish by 2025.
EDITOR'S NOTE: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated Charlotte's airport was behind on its construction. However, according to airport officials, all projects are on schedule. The story also stated the airport opened in 1985 when it opened in 1982. It incorrectly equated the lobby project -- which is projected to be complete by 2025 -- to the terminal renovations and the curb front -- both of which were set to be finished by 2020.
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