Through the portholes of planes taking off and landing at Guangzhou Baiyun Airport, many passengers are amazed that the airport has "grown bigger". A new terminal building has risen from the construction site on the southeast side of the airport, with a clearly visible pier and a transportation center complex presented... This is the ongoing expansion project of Baiyun Airport Phase III. The Phase III expansion project of Baiyun Airport is a key construction project of China Civil Aviation, Guangdong Province, and Guangzhou City, with a total investment of 53.77 billion yuan. The project mainly includes the construction of T3 terminal, two runways, a comprehensive transportation center, and two piers of T2 terminal. It is planned to be completed and put into operation by 2025. After the completion of the project, the annual passenger throughput capacity and cargo and mail throughput capacity of Baiyun Airport are expected to reach 120 million and 3.8 million tons respectively, and the passenger and cargo throughput scale will be in a leading position in the world. The construction of two service road bridges and two taxiway bridges on the main access road is progressing smoothly in the construction section of the East Airfield Area of Baiyun Airport Phase III expansion project. Xu Gangqiang, the project leader of the civil aviation construction unit, said that the prefabricated box girder erection of the main access road has been completed and officially entered the bridge deck construction stage. We are also responsible for the construction of two underpasses and took the lead in using shield tunneling to cross the existing operating runway of the airport. At present, two shield tunneling machines are ready to go, and more than 250 project management teams and workers are on duty during the Spring Festival to ensure the smooth progress of project construction Xu Gangqiang said. The progress bar of the third phase expansion project of Baiyun Airport continues to refresh. The fourth runway was officially put into use recently, and Baiyun Airport has officially entered the "four runway era", becoming the only airport in the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area with four runways. At present, the T3 terminal project has achieved full topping out, and the "Wings of the Bay Area" are soaring with a soaring posture; The skylight structure of the comprehensive transportation center project is capped, and the main structure is in the final stage; The east side of the T3 terminal departure viaduct has been opened to traffic... The relevant person in charge of the Guangdong Airport Group Engineering Construction Command said that since the start of the third phase expansion project of Baiyun Airport in September 2020, the builders have been striving with the spirit of "taking big steps on sunny days and not stopping on rainy days", constantly accelerating the construction of the airport. (New Society)