The Massachusetts Port Authority board approved nearly $46 million in airport construction and renovation projects, including a $26.5 million project to reconfigure aircraft taxiways in the southwest corner of the airfield next year.
The taxiway work, which could reduce a recent spate of "runway incursions" when planes violate minimum safe spacing distances, will be funded by the Federal Aviation Administration and by proceeds from the $4.50-per-ticket passenger facilities charge Logan passengers already pay.
Massport capital programs director Sam Sleiman said, "The project will enhance safety. It's been supported by chief pilots'' of airlines serving Logan, "the FAA, and all the aviation community.'' Massport hasn't chosen a construction contractor, and it's not clear what, if any, delays the construction could cause when work begins next year.
Other projects approved by Massport's board this morning include:
- $9.5 million for Skanska Construction to complete unfinished work at the international Terminal E that now-defunct Modern Continental Construction Co. was to have finished during a $400-million-plus terminal upgrade.
- $8 million for an upgrade to move luggage more rapidly through a Transportation Security Administration screening system, with $6 million paid for by TSA and $2 million by Massport.
- $1.95 million to fund a consolidated American Airlines-American Eagle security checkpoint in Terminal B and complete renovations in Massport-controlled areas of the terminal, where American and airport concessionaire BAA Boston Inc. are building a new food court and shops.
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