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Upgrades will close a Logan runway for the summer

By Katie Johnston

 |  Globe Staff  

  April 26, 2012

A runway at Logan International Airport will be closed for the summer to undergo $93 million worth of improvements. The safety project will increase the existing concrete material area at the end of the runway from 188 feet to 600 feet, extending into Boston Harbor on a concrete deck supported by concrete pilings. The airport only operates three of its six runways at one time in the best wind and weather conditions.

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