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Contact:  Christina Siebold, Manager of Community Relations;
Telephone (423) 855-2234; or e-mail at csiebold@chattairport.com

(March 28, 2005) – The Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Authority is temporarily postponing the rehabilitation of its Short- and Long-Term Parking Lots. After double-digit growth in passenger numbers in February, the parking lot was getting too full to accommodate the Airport’s customers and continue the construction. Phase 1 – which included widening the exit lanes to provide greater convenience to local passengers – was completed before the project was postponed. The viability of restarting the project will be evaluated after the busy summer travel season.