The video, which was posted on the airport’s Twitter account at 3 a.m. last night, shows the garage collapsing in a giant cloud of debris and dust. "Boom goes the dynamite!" said the account.
Boom goes the dynamite! At 2 a.m. this morning, TPA successfully imploded the old Red Side Rental Car Garage – a major component of our Master Plan expansion that will help us serve 34 million passengers annually. pic.twitter.com/Rl9uyHVqa7
— Tampa International Airport ✈️ (@FlyTPA) August 20, 2019
The planned implosion was part of the airport’s $2.5 billion second phase master plan, which clears the way for new express curbsides, a guideway to the yet-to-be-built 16-gate Airside D, and other facility improvements.
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This article appears in Aug 15-22, 2019.