The project to rebuild Salt Lake City International Airport has flown into a significant problem with the Transportation Security Administration: the federal agency says it can’t afford the new X-Ray screening machines for carry-on luggage needed at new security checkpoints.
“TSA is obligated to provide these things, but they don’t have the resources,” airport executive director Bill Wyatt said Wednesday at a meeting of the Airport Advisory Board.
So the airport and airlines figure they must come up with $10 million to $15 million to buy the machines to ensure that the first phase of the $3.