ARLINGTON, Va. – Construction begins Monday on a $1 billion revitalization project at Reagan National Airport that is likely to cause traffic headaches in the area.
The Washington Post reports that the work will eventually produce a new concourse for short-hop flights and new security screening areas. But it will be a painful process requiring lane closures and traffic disruptions around the airport in Arlington, Virginia.
Starting Monday, travel lanes will be closed overnight in the arrivals area of terminals B and C. This spring, the stretch of the lower-level roadway that provides access to the airport will be a work zone with lane shutdowns. Heavier traffic and backups will be likely.
Nearly 24 million passengers traveled through National in 2016. That makes it the region’s second-busiest airport, after Baltimore-Washington International Marshall Airport.
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