ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The busy BeachLine Expressway toll plaza near Orlando International Airport is getting a $42 million makeover.
    
The Orlando Sentinel (http://bit.ly/NiuD0O ) reports the work could begin as early as October. It's the second project undertaken by the Orlando-Orange County Espressway Authority that will affect traffic around the airport. In May, the agency agreed to spend $70 million to improve the interchange with Boggy Creek Road and State Road 417 south of the airport.
    
The agency is spending $112 million on the north and south gateways into the airport. Orlando International handles 35 million passengers a year.
    
The BeachLine's airport plaza opened in 1983. The new plaza will feature an overhead gantry that lets motorists with transponders drive through without slowing down.
    
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Information from: Orlando Sentinel, http://www.orlandosentinel.com

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