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- [Narrator] Taxiway Delta is on its way

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to a new and improved design.

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This $12 million project increases safety

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for aircraft flying in and out of

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Joint Base Charleston and Charleston International Airport.

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Nathaniel Watts, the 437th airfield manager

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expressed the importance of the base's joint effort

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in completing the new runway.

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- It's awesome actually

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because you're talking and meeting with people

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from all career sets.

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It's not just the airfield management team.

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It's not just a contracting team.

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It's not just a security forces team.

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There's all the base agencies that you have to meet with

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on a daily, on a weekly to make sure everything is on track.

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- [Narrator] The finished product will have LED lighting,

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new paint and joint sealant repairs.

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- Military and civilian aircraft utilize taxiway Delta.

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If we have personnel that are out there daily,

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we're looking at the lights, the pavement,

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the signs, the markings to make sure

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we are continuously meet Air Force criteria.

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- [Narrator] Taxiway Delta is estimated

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to be complete late November.

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Reporting from Joint Base Charleston,

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I'm Airman Jill Newfeld.