Current and Future Projects
Currently, a new $16 million airport rescue and firefighting facility is in the works and is scheduled for completion in late summer 2011. In addition, a new 9,100 ft (2,800 m). parallel runway project is in the planning stage. The project will also include a relocated air traffic control tower, apron expansion, crossfield taxiway system, mitigation activities and FPL electrical line relocation. The project is estimated to cost $454 million. Other projects include the Madden Research Loop, a 25-acre (100,000 m2) project consisting of a research complex for the fields of science, technology and medicine. This project is being developed by Gulf Coast Technology Center, Inc.
Plans are in place for Skyplex - a commercial and industrial park in the location of the old terminal. Other airport-related businesses, such as hotels and a retail gasoline outlet, are in the planning stages.
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