North San Antonio Edition | March 2023

TRANSPORTATION UPDATES Designs unveiled for planned San Antonio airport terminal A project team working with San Antonio International Airport ocials laid out plans for City Council for a new terminal that will add 17 gates at the north side airport, six of which will oblige domestic ights and international ights that require larger or “wide-body” planes. The project team includes city sta, architecture and design rms Corgan and Lake|Flato Architects, and Kimley-Horn airport-transportation planners. The Feb. 15 brieng included the preliminary concept, which airport ocials said they plan to complete in 2028. The terminal is a major part of a 20-year eort to expand and upgrade the airport, which saw 10 million passengers in 2019 and is projected to receive 14.5 million passengers annually within the next 20 years, said City Manager Erik Walsh and Airport Director Jesus Saenz. The plan also adds a transportation center and parking garage, centralized passenger screening, more concessions, runway and pavement improvements, and more than 850,000 square feet of space, making the new terminal larger than the 610,277 square feet now oered at existing terminals A and B combined. The project team also reported the plan features a land- scaped River Walk-inspired natural walkway designed to tell the story of San Antonio’s creeks and spring-fed waterways, and a ground load facility for Terminal A. City ocials

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ONGOING PROJECTS

NEW TERMINAL A planned new terminal will add the following features to the San Antonio International Airport

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ALL INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED AS OF MARCH 8. NEWS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE OR OTHER LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS? EMAIL US AT NSANEWSCOMMUNITYIMPACT.COM. on Northwest Military between Loop 1604 and Wagon Trail Road. Timeline: July 2021-October 2023 Cost: $15.5M Funding source: Texas Department of Transportation Workers involved with expand- ing and improving the roadway through Shavano Park activated a new trac light at the intersection of Northwest Military Highway and Pond Hill Road on Feb. 22. The entire project adds a center turn lane, side- walks, drainage upgrades and bicycle lanes along Northwest Military be- tween Loop 1604 and Huebner Road. The project also adds a raised median

• 17 new gates, a transportation center and parking garage • Centralized passenger screening, more concessions An artist’s rendering shows the front entry landscaped walkway at a planned terminal at the San Antonio International Airport.

• Runway and pavement improvements • A River Walk-inspired natural walkway

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announced Feb. 27 that a $20 million federal grant will help pay for the ground load facility. It will take at least another year to nish developing the new terminal design and budget, Walsh and Saenz said. Walsh said the new terminal has a preliminary estimated cost of $1 billion, and the city is seeking a mix of local, state and federal monies to fund the project. “If all goes to plan, we’ll put shovels in the ground around this time [in 2024],” Saenz said.

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