St. Louis-based Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum (HOK) will bepaid $11.9 million for the design job. Construction bids could beput out by June if the traffic pattern improves, GOAA officialssay.

Prior to the Sept. 11 terrorist catastrophe, the airport hadanticipated handling 31 million passengers this year and 38 millionpassengers by 2005.

Airport officials could not estimate how many passengers theylost immediately following the attacks in New York and Washington,DC. But Washington-based Air Transport Association estimates theterrorist fear cut 35% from normal traffic nationally. By October,traffic had dropped by only 22% and during Thanksgiving, by20%.

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