The runway improvement projects at LaGuardia Airport will enhance the existing platform decks for the airport’s two runways to accommodate two new arrestor beds to safely slow planes in the rare instances they go beyond the designated landing area.
Arrestor beds will be installed at the end of runways at older airports, including LaGuardia.The improvements will also advance the airport’s operations by increasing operational capacity and reducing congestion.
The overall project will include a $57.5 million estimated outlay to create a continuous restricted vehicle service road on the airport’s southern side to reduce the number of airport vehicles that cross one of LaGuardia’s runways.
The enhanced runway safety zones for the ends of LaGuardia’s Runways 13 and 22 will meet the December 2015 timeline for congressionally mandated changes to the FAA’s current runway requirements.
The platform deck enhancements and arrestor bed work will be completed by the end of 2015. However, contract for the service road project will be awarded in 2014, while work will be completed in the second half of 2017.
