Tampa International Airport officials rally behind local members of Congress to fund next phases of Master Plan

Officials with Tampa International Airport gave members of the congressional delegation and the media a tour today of the current construction going on during Phase I of the airport’s massive Master Plan, which will continue through 2017. The first part of the expansion kicked off last November, and will ultimately cost $953 million — funds that have already been accounted for. But there are two more phases to go through after that, and TIA CEO Joe Lopano said today that Congress…