This audio is automatically generated. Do us know if you have comments.
Turner and Flatirondragados celebrated the opening of the New Terminal 1 at San Diego International AirportAccording to a statement on Tuesday.
The joint company delivered the first phase of the gradual design work of $ 3 billion, which originally produced a land ground in 2021. The phase adds a new terminal building with 19 doors, along with approximately five kilometers of new roads, including high departures and arrivals, and a parking space of 5,200 spaces.
Airport leaders have launched the global project as an essential to managing the demand for passengers. A second phase of the San Diego project, scheduled to begin next month, will add 11 doors to Terminal 1, bringing the total to 30 at the beginning of 2028, according to the statement.
Travelers will find new amenities such as an outdoor dining area with a view to the horizon of the city center, 15 dealerships, works of art commissioned and more improvements throughout the airport, according to the statement. The Turner-Flatirondragados JV team also installed the light wave wall of the terminal, which will allow to be silenced during the ticket and clothing levels.
But the project has not been Without controversy.
In 2023, Turner briefly closed the site after a series of incidents motivated by hatred pushed for bias training for more than 1,200 workers. Despite the pause, the work remained in the program, surpassing this year.
With this opening, San Diego joins a large number of other US airports offering $ 1 billion terminals.
For example, Tampa International Airport revealed representations in June for the Airside d $ 1.5 billiona new terminal with 16 doors. Hensel Phelps, Kansas City, Missouri, based in Colorado, based in Missouri and Gensler, based in San Francisco, run the project.
In Chicago, a joint company of Aecom Hunt Clayco Bowa officially started construction in August at O’Hare International Airport Dollars D Terminal D Project D.
