ATLANTA — Construction started Wednesday on five new concourse gates at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport – which means nearly 700 parking spots in the airport’s North Economy parking lot have been eliminated as part of the process, according to the Atlanta Business Chronicle.
More than 350 more spaces are expected to be eliminated in the same parking lot by May 15.
Tom Nissalke, Hartsfield-Jackson’s assistant general manager of planning, told the Atlanta Business Chronicle that the airport needs more gates to add capacity. To make room for the extension, the airport had to demolish and relocate the North Economy parking plaza, a segment of the Terminal North exit road, a Delta ground handling equipment shop and an airport fire station.
The additional gates will accommodate larger planes, such as Delta Air Line’s A350. The work is expected to cost $332 million and is expected to be finished by late 2022 or the beginning of 2023.
There are over 30,000 parking spots at the Atlanta airport.
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