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Posted: November 18, 2010

Renovating second RDU terminal could cost $60M

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Morrisville, N.C. — Renovations to the aging Terminal 1 at Raleigh-Durham International Airport could cost $60 million, the RDU Airport Authority learned Thursday.

The authority's Capital Projects Team said construction on the sprawling, blue-walled building formerly known as Terminal A could begin in early 2012 and be completed about 18 months later.

Construction on the southern half of Terminal 2 is on schedule to be finished early next year, officials said. The north concourse of the terminal opened two years ago.

RDU spent about $570 million to build Terminal 2, which has 32 gates and handles most of the airlines that fly into the airport.

Reporter: Ken Smith
Web Editor: Matthew Burns

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Terminal 1 is basically a double-wide trailer on stilts. I was hoping that when the second part of Terminal 2 was opened, Terminal 1 would be razed and rebuilt in the style of the other terminal. Guess not.

Moriahe
November 19, 2010 8:25 a.m.

With the mess going on with the TSA and the invasive searches - there probably won't be as many people needing to travel - so they really don't need to do squat.

protestthis
November 18, 2010 5:16 p.m.

How much taxpayer money actually goes into an airport? I think a lot of it is finacened by landing fees.

Mr. Middle of the Road
November 18, 2010 5:09 p.m.

I don't now why people are saying it's a money it when it was decided decades ago to do this project. Renovations are needed so you won't complain that it will need renovations in a few years. Airports need to be renovated to keep up with demand of passengers, security, potential airlines for more destinations.

quadrain61
November 18, 2010 4:58 p.m.

Southwest will be mainly taking over Terminal 1 for their use. A couple of the smaller carriers are rumored to be staying there as well. My guess is the renovations will be for two reasons. One is to attract more traffic for Southwest which even know pulls more traffic than all the other T1 airlines combined. The other is probably for RDU to justify charging more for the airlines to use the gates in Terminal 1. Right now access at T1 is cheaper which is why some of the smaller carriers are wanting to stay over there.

Right now T1 is like being in a time warp from the 80's...