CHARLOTTE, NC – Starting Jan. 3, Charlotte Douglas International Airport is continuing construction work associated with the South End Around Taxiway project and supporting infrastructure that requires a permanent closure of a portion of West Boulevard.
Due to construction, a small portion of West Boulevard from Piney Top Drive to Steele Creek Road will close and permanently realigned to make room for the new taxiway. This work is expected to take four months to complete. Crews will install necessary traffic signals in key areas to ensure the safe flow of traffic along detour routes. Detours, in place for local and through traffic, are as follows:
- Local Traffic Detour: Use Byrum Drive to navigate between Steele Creek Road and Yorkmont Road.
- Local Traffic Detour: Use Shopton Road to travel between Sandy Porter Road and Beam Road.
- Extended Traffic Detour: Motorists traveling from further south should use W. Arrowood Road to access Sandy Porter Road and S. Tryon Street.
The South End Taxiway project, which is essential to CLT’s Fourth Parallel Runway Program, aims to improve safety by eliminating crossings of the center runway.
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