WHERE AIRPORT PLANS TO ADD MORE PARKING

Off-site facility, reachable via Hartsfield-Jackson SkyTrain, replaces parking lost during construction.

Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport has struck a $181.5 million deal to build a new off-site parking deck that will be reachable via the airport SkyTrain.

The airport is building the deck to replace parking being displaced during construction of various airport projects, including space in the West economy lot where a new InterContinental hotel will be built, the parkride reserve lot where an endaround taxiway will be added, and the North economy lot where an extension to Concourse T is planned.

The projects are part of Hartsfield-Jackson’s $6 billion modernization and expansion plan.

The ATL West parking deck, to be built next to the Georgia International Convention Center, will also serve as additional parking when the domestic terminal parking decks are demolished and rebuilt in the coming years.

Over the long term, the remote parking deck will help accommodate growth at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, according to airport officials.

The seven-level parking deck will accommodate 5,200 to 6,000 vehicles, according to city documents. It will have an elevated walkway connecting to the Georgia International Convention Center and SkyTrain automated people-mover station.

The SkyTrain spans I-85 and runs between the domestic terminal and the airport’s rental car center.

Plans are to start construction of the ATL West parking deck as early as this summer and to complete it by May 31, 2019.

Funding for a contract of up to $181.5 million with Holder-AustinMoody-Bryson — a joint venture of Holder Construction Group, Austin Commercial, Moody Construction Co. and Bryson Constructors — was approved by the Atlanta City Council last week.

The city last year approved a $5 million deal with Holder-Austin-Moody-Bryson for pre-construction services for the two domestic parking decks and the ATL West deck.

The $181.5 million includes the initial $5 million of funding, according to city documents.