Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, across the Potomac River from the nation’s capital, will undergo a $1 billion renovation, its managers said Wednesday.
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The airport in Arlington, Va. turned 75 years old this month. Despite its being in better condition than other major airports, such as New York’s La Guardia, the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority plans to add 1.1 million square feet to the airport. The added space would shorten security lines and improve customers’ experiences while traveling, the authority said.
“Over the next four to five years, there’s going to be a transformation of the passenger experience at Reagan National to decrease congestion near the gate and to improve passenger flow through the terminal,” MWAA spokesman Rob Yingling told NBC Washington.
The authority released a video that shows security checkpoints being moved and housed under the roadway west of the airport, toward Crystal City. Some of the checkpoints will be underground and have natural light coming in through glass ceiling panels. Terminal C, which currently houses the airport’s executive offices, will be transformed to hold short-hop flights.
The authority said much of the construction will be done overnight so as not to interfere with airport traffic. The work will not begin until spring 2017 and is expected to be completed by 2021.
