The City of Santa Fe has issued a Request for Proposals for work relating to the expansion of the Santa Fe Municipal Airport terminal building.
Located at 121 Aviation Drive, the airport is the second busiest commercial airport in the state, with officials long arguing in favor of a 10,000 square foot expansion of the terminal, saying that the present facility is too small for current needs and generally out of date.
It has been thought it could ultimately cost more than $21 million to both update the terminal and improve roads and parking lots belonging to the airport.
Last year the airport received $1.7 million in federal Department of Transportation funding for the design and reconstruction of the facility’s taxiway.
The project will include site demolition, the moving and relocation of existing utility lines, the building of metal railings, wood trusses, deck and framing, and custom casework, among other work.
Built in 1957, the terminal, which prior to the Covid-19 outbreak served just short of 1,000 people a day, underwent updates in 1988 and 2004.
The RFP has a submission deadline of September 16.
By Garry Boulard
