1.5 more years of airport lobby construction

'We’ve done really, really well as far as managing the crowds,' airport official says

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Terminal expansion project is 1.5 years from completion, airport officials say; ‘We’ve done really, really well as far as managing the crowds’

Charlotte Douglas International Airport officials said Monday that it’ll be another year and a half until they’re finished expanding the terminal lobby, and they believe the airport has handled crowds well so far. 

The comments came during a news conference Monday to announce the airport's new pedestrian skybridges, which connect the hourly parking deck with the terminal lobby. (The bridges open today; The Ledger shared a glimpse of them in Monday's newsletter.) 

A QUEEN’S-EYE VIEW: The Queen Charlotte statue holds court over the Charlotte airport terminal lobby. 

Project on pace: The six-year, $608M terminal lobby expansion project started in November 2019 and is on track to be completed in the next year and a half, said Jack Christine, the airport’s chief infrastructure officer.