The Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority (MNAA) Board of Commissioners has approved a construction project to repair Nashville International Airport's entire terminal apron.
The terminal apron is approximately 91 acres in size and is constructed primarily of concrete. Stimulus money will account for 100 percent funding of this $4.2 million project, which will create an estimated 116 jobs. The Harper Company was awarded the contract, which includes disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) partners' involvement representing 11.6 percent of the total contract.
Construction is underway and will be completed by October 2009. Required repairs will include, but are not limited to, spall repairs, partial depth repairs, full-depth repairs, full-panel replacement, crack repairs, and trench drain repair. All joints will be stripped, cleaned and sealed. Pavement marking will be replaced once repairs and joint sealing are complete.
In addition to these repairs, two separate areas of the apron, approximately 3.6 acres total, will be reconstructed. These two areas currently are constructed in asphalt and will be a full-depth reconstruction with concrete. Reconstruction work includes milling and removal of existing pavement, reconstruction of pavement section, minor apron lighting and signage relocation, minor shoulder grading, and pavement marking.
