General Mitchell International Airport Announces Completion of $17 Million Concourse C Stem Expansion

Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker today announced the completion of a $17 million expansion of the Concourse C "stem" at General Mitchell International Airport. The project adds 31,000 square feet to Concourse C, increasing its area to 96,000 square feet.

Improvements created by the renovation include:

-- wider area and increased throughput capacity for the security

checkpoint, including an additional security screening lane, for a

total of three lanes

-- larger airline gate seating areas

-- a wider corridor between gates

-- atrium and clerestory windows that let in more natural light

-- remodeled food, beverage and retail areas

In addition, the project prepares Concourse C for an eight-gate addition that is now under construction, and on schedule to open next summer.

An artist-designed terrazzo floor, extending the length of concourse, highlights the features of the region.

Airport Director Barry Bateman said Mitchell International is preparing for the growth in numbers of passengers and flights forecast as part of the airport's Master Plan. In 2005, a record number of passengers, 7.3 million, used Mitchell, an increase of more than nine percent over 2004. Bateman attributes the strong growth in part "to increased use of Mitchell as an alternative to O'Hare, both for residents of the northern Chicago suburbs and for out-of-state visitors to northern Illinois."

The C stem renovation marks the second of six major concourse remodeling projects to be completed at the airport. The first, which added two lanes (for a total of six) and widened the security checkpoint on Concourse D, was completed in December 2004. The third, which adds one lane (for a total of four) to the security checkpoint on Concourse E, will be completed later this month. A project that will widen and add ground-level boarding gates to the Concourse D stem will be finished later this year, as will a reconfiguration of the Concourse E stem. The final project is the above-referenced eight-gate addition.

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