{"id":45459,"date":"2025-11-13T18:48:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T18:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/45459\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T18:48:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T18:48:09","slug":"rsw-airport-expansion-continues-florida-weekly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/45459\/","title":{"rendered":"RSW airport expansion continues &#8211; Florida Weekly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1014716\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1014716\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RSW-Fort-Myers-Airport-View-From-Sky.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1014716\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW). -FLORIDA WEEKLY<\/p>\n<p>The expansion of Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) continues with a new concourse currently underway.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSouthwest Florida International Airport is the front door to our community and supports travel, business and tourism in our region,\u201d said Steven C. Hennigan, C.M., A.C.E., executive director and CEO of the Lee County Port Authority.\n<\/p>\n<p>RSW\u2019s expansion is continuing into the Phase 2 terminal expansion project, which adds a new Concourse E, accompanied by an approximate 513,000 square foot addition. This includes 14 gates, nine security checkpoints and baggage claim areas\u2014all of which will bring in tens of thousands more passengers each week.\n<\/p>\n<p>The ongoing $1.1 billion project at Southwest Florida International Airport to increase capacity and improve passenger experience broke ground in spring 2025 and may take two to four years to complete.\n<\/p>\n<p>Key components include building a new Concourse E with 14 new gates, consolidating TSA checkpoints into a single, larger security area and adding more amenities like shops and restaurants.\n<\/p>\n<p>B&amp;I\u2019s scope of work for Phase 2 includes plumbing and mechanical throughout the building, 7 mechanical rooms, and an overhaul that consists of new cooling towers, chillers and pumps.\n<\/p>\n<p>Phase 1 of the expansion includes remodeling 164,000 square feet of existing space and adding 117,000 square feet of new walkways and concessions. B&amp;I\u2019s scope includes plumbing and mechanical throughout the building, and includes 8 mechanical rooms, with some being renovated and some new.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur involvement in the RSW Expansion reflects B&amp;I\u2019s dedication to supporting major projects across Florida. We\u2019re delivering high-quality mechanical and plumbing systems that help the airport meet its growth and operational goals,\u201d \u00a0said Canyon Tennant, project engineer.\n<\/p>\n<p>The project is being funded by airport revenue bonds, federal grants from the Federal Aviation Administration, Passenger Facility Charges and state grants from the Florida Department of Transportation.\n<\/p>\n<p>RSW serves approximately 10 million travelers each year, and the expansion will allow for hundreds of thousands more.\n\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW). -FLORIDA WEEKLY The expansion of Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) continues with a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-45459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}