Phase two of the terminal expansion project at Manhattan Regional Airport was expected to wrap up by the end of this summer, but due to delays during phase one the second phase has yet to begin.

Substantial completion of phase one occurred in early March, and Airport Staff have been working with the project’s prime contractor, Mead and Hunt, to officially wrap up phase one to move on to phase two ever since.

Jesse Romo, Airport Director explained Monday morning to members of the Airport Advisory Board that they are getting closer each day to issuing a notice to proceed to the General Contractor Weitz Company,”unfortunately we just haven’t been able to.”

“One of the last things we are waiting for is from the U.S. Department of Labor. With these projects and efforts, with as much coordination that it takes, especially with the larger federal agencies, it can get bogged down in a lot of different places quite easily,” said Romo.

Romo didn’t want to make any false promises by saying a date for when he felt construction would begin, but he did say that they are getting close.