A new road is under construction at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to provide a quicker route for shuttles carrying people from the new terminal to the car rental center and garages near the old terminal.
Crews began paving the roadway earlier this month and airport officials say it should open by the end of 2026. The road will snake around the landing strip on airport property and connect Jerome S. Glaser Airport Access Road with the new terminal, allowing shuttle buses to bypass traffic on Veterans Memorial Boulevard and avoid Kenner’s bumpy side streets.
It’s the first of two phases in an $84.5 million project that airport officials say will cut the shuttle’s travel time in half when completed in 2027. The second phase will extend the road parallel to Glaser to create a completely separate road to the old terminal…