The gateway to Jacksonville International Airport is about to undergo upgrades and renovations.

The Jacksonville Aviation Authority plans to overhaul the canopy and support structure in the vehicle arrival area where passengers are dropped off at the airport at 2400 Yankee Clipper Drive. City building inspectors approved the permits for the roughly $4 million project this month.

“This project includes the removal of the existing canopy located on both the upper and lower terminal roadways at Jacksonville International Airport," a JAA background memo said. "The steel support system for the canopy will be repaired and repainted and a new canopy will be installed.”

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The canopy is literally one of the first things people arriving at the airport see. Michael Stewart, vice president of external affairs for JAA, said it’s been about three decades since the canopy was first installed and the agency wants it replaced before it tears or breaks down in any other way.

Stewart said the support structure is starting to show some signs of rust as well and will be repaired.

Balfour Beatty Construction LLC will handle the work that's expected to be completed in 2023.

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JEA is adding another four buildings to its new water reclamation project in the southern area of Duval County.

About $11.4 combined is being spent on adding the new buildings at 11458 Apex Trail, according to permits approved this month by the Jacksonville Building Inspection Division.

All four buildings are from 1,000 to 7,000 square feet and to be made of masonry. The Haskell Co. is the contractor.

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They are part of a bigger water reclamation project that is in the process of being built near the eTown development. The Greenland Water Reclamation Facility will cost about $150 million in total to complete. Several stages of the project have already been constructed this year.

The Greenland Water Reclamation Facility will not only serve residents and businesses within the expanding eTown master-planned community but areas outside the complex as well. The facility itself is outside the actual eTown boundaries.

JEA broke ground on the project this year and it’s projected to be complete in November 2024.

Additional building permits

5269 Hood Road, new building for 5 Smooth Stones, 8,452 square feet, $1.6 million. Westmoreland Construction LLC.

4860 Big Island Drive, interior remodeling of ULTA Beauty store, 9,990 square feet, $687,982. Rectenwald Brothers Construction Inc.

3505 University Blvd. W., tenant improvements for Village Medical in former Walgreen’s building, $625,000. Horizon Retail Construction.

919 S. Lane Ave., tenant buildout for AutoZone to take over existing building formerly occupied by Pep Boys, $565,000. HJB Construction Inc.

9995 N. Gate Parkway, Unit 200, interior buildout for new tenant Half and Associates, $492,110. Lighthouse Construction of North Florida LLC.

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14011 Beach Blvd., Unit 300, tenant buildout of existing building for Wahoo Logistics, $476,000. Morales Construction Co. Inc.

110 S. Halsema Road, new structural steel addition for Linder Industrial Machinery, 8,200, $350,000. Crabtree Construction Co.

9000 Southside Blvd., Unit 100, alteration of existing tenant space for Birdsong, 25,255 square feet, $334,215. Emerald C’s Development Inc.

1665 San Marco Blvd., interior renovation for Zimmerman Studio, 2,248 square feet, $220,906. Ladson Construction Co.

This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Jacksonville International Airport to get new passenger arrival canopy