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$84.5M project to build airport shuttle connector road

Funded largely by $65M in FAA infrastructure grants

Travel times for 9,000 daily riders expected to be cut in half

Roadway will support future Baton Rouge–New Orleans rail link

Officials have broken ground on an $84.5 million project at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport that will build a dedicated roadway to streamline shuttle service between parking garages, the rental car center and the airport terminal.

The Express Shuttle Connector Road Project, announced in late August by the City of New Orleans and the New Orleans Aviation Board , is aimed at cutting travel times for nearly 9,000 daily shuttle users while easing traffic congestion on nearby public roads.

More than $65 million of the

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