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The board overseeing plans to construct a new terminal at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport gave the official green light to a $178-million, five-gate expansion for the airport’s North Terminal project and set a new opening date of February 2019 for the entire facility. The expansion brings the overall project cost to $993 million.

Talks over a proposed $1.5 billion riverfront development next to New Orleans' Ernest N. Morial Convention Center appear to be stalled after nearly two years of negotiations.

Although a number of input categories have experienced significant increases in prices in recent months, the overall price gains are largely attributable to energy prices.

The annual construction starts total for all of 2016 edged up 1% to $676.5 billion.

Projects to protect and rebuild Louisiana’s coast would be accelerated under a draft update to the state’s coastal master plan.