Airport takes on project backlog

NEW ORLEANS, La. - Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport has launched the first of what will be $350 million in improvements to modernize the facility and create about 7,000 construction jobs. Construction should be mostly finished before Super Bowl 2013. The most expensive project is a $114 million rental-car facility with 1,800 parking spaces. The aviation board is using tax-exempt Gulf Opportunity Zone bonds for the garage. (Source: New Orleans Times Picayune, 06/25/09)