


“Because this project is being paid for by federal grant funding there are many federal provisions and requirements that are associated with that funding. The first three were turned down because they didn’t have the proper documents All those types of things have changed the airline industry and this building was never designed with all that in mind,” said Mason City Municipal Airport Manager, David Sims.īut for this long-awaited upgrade to be complete, the airport commission needs to accept a bid from a construction company. This building pre-dates having security having TSA, 9/11. It was not designed for the type of use it has today. The commission made the final cut on bids Thursday for phase 2 of the nearly 17 million dollar project for, what airport officials call, a much-needed upgrade to the Mason City terminal. This comes after all three initial bids were rejected because they didn’t meet certain criteria (ABC 6 News) – The Mason City Airport Commission met Thursday for a second round of bids for the construction of a new terminal.
