Alcoa, TN (WOKI / WVLT) – The Board of McGhee Tyson Airport calls an emergency meeting to discuss a proposed budget increase for the airport’s new parking garage.
The change order discussed during yesterday’s (Wed) meeting would increase the guaranteed maximum price by over $8.5 million to address future issues stemming from the scale of the project.
The construction, which started 17 months ago, has been delayed for five months due to ground problems contractors ran into while trying to drill the foundation.
The ground at the construction site was too difficult to drill into, so the foundation and support columns would be at risk of collapsing. Also proposed in the change order was a new foundation system that would be safer and more cost effective.
The proposal passed unanimously and the garage is scheduled to be complete by July of 2027 and is projected to cost $197 million in total.
