Taxiway improvements now complete
May 15, 2017
A $24 million investment in infrastructure that supports the commercial airline industry and Boeing aircraft manufacturing at Charleston International Airport is now complete.
Taxiways A, B, and G reopened at the end of April following 17 months of construction that included drainage improvements, reconstruction of taxiway pavement, and upgraded signs and lighting. The project was made possible with 90 percent grant funding from the Federal Aviation Administration Airport Improvement Program (AIP).
Investment in the airport’s infrastructure is important to the continued growth and development of the region’s commerce, travel, tourism and trade.
While the Department of Defense owns and maintains the airport’s two runways, the Aviation Authority is responsible for the taxiways and apron areas surrounding the airport. Boeing SC, located adjacent to the airport, uses both the taxiways and runways in the production and testing of its 787 Dreamliners.
The taxiway improvement work was performed by Anthony Allega Cement Contractors of Cleveland, Ohio, and ADC Engineering of Charleston.
