Despite Problems, Atlanta's Airport Pushes Ahead and Innovates
A huge construction program is unfolding at the main airport in Atlanta, which has also established itself as an innovator for fast runway construction and soon may take the lead with a new kind of taxiway. The progress is being made despite escalating material and labor costs, long fabrication lead times and a fight between the airport and a design team that has slowed work on a new terminal.
Overall, the Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is steadily progressing through one of the largest airport capital improvement programs in the nation. The $6.2-billion, 10-year program includes a people mover-linked remote rental car facility, new runway, new control tower, runway replacements, new taxiways and a new terminal.