Effective January 3, Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) will resume 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 will be permanently realigned to make room for the new taxiway. According to the airport, the 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, include using Byrum Drive to navigate between Steele Creek Road and Yorkmont Road, using Shopton Road to travel between Sandy Porter Road and Beam Road, and an extended traffic detour which will see drivers travelling from further south using 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 centre runway.
