Manhattan Regional Airport’s two phase terminal expansion project was expected to be completed by this summer, but at this point they are still wrapping up phase one of the project.

Phase one of the project was expected to be completed by August of last year but the project fell 177 days behind schedule. Peter Van Kuren, outgoing Airport Director, updated the Airport Advisory Board Monday that officials are  still working with the contractor to determine what penalties need to be applied due to the delay. He noted. “177 days they were over, 71 days they feel they can defend and attribute it to weather. We withheld $150,000 from one of their pay applications. We provided $71,000 back, so approximately $79,000 is still being withheld,” said Van Kuren.

Van Kuren is expecting that the City of Manhattan and the contractor will come to an agreement soon and a pre-construction meeting for phase two will take place soon. When asked when construction of phase two could begin Van Kuren said,”I would expect to see construction activity in June.”

Phase one of the project added 20,000 sq. ft. to the terminal, and phase two is expected to add an additional 20,000 sq. ft..