New Orleans plans to invest $1.1 billion in construction projects over the next five years. More than half of the funding, $706 million, would go to build a new terminal for the Louis Armstrong International Airport. The city's Planning Commission has approved the plan, but funding needs to be found from an array of sources.
(http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/09/new_orleans_planning_commissio_5.html)
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