State, parish, city officials unveil plans for new Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
 

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Mayor Mitch Landrieu, members of the New Orleans City Council and Aviation Board and leaders from surrounding parishes gathered in Concourse A at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport this morning to announce the ?conceptual design? of a new terminal at the airport?s north end, just off Veterans Memorial Boulevard in Kenner.

The $828 million construction project should create 13,000 jobs, according to materials handed out by the mayor?s office, and is scheduled to be completed in May 2018 ? not so coincidentally the date of New Orleans? tricentennial celebration.? [ Read more ]

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