Perilous airport road to get fix: Work will correct intersection near toll plaza; location saw eight wrecks in the past year.

Byline: Chip Jones

Feb. 28--Richmond International Airport's most dangerous traffic intersection is slated for extinction. By unanimous vote, the Capital Region Airport yesterday awarded a $13.31 million construction contract to Branch Highways Inc. of Roanoke, the low bidder of five firms. The road-building project is expected to start by May and last a year and a half -- with completion possible by late 2008. It will separate traffic traveling north and south on Airport Drive, including the notorious intersection near the airport's parking toll plaza. "For anyone who has gone through this intersection, when it's all over, it will be a major improvement," said …