TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. --
Avenue D, by Bldg. 1 and east of Tinker Federal Credit
Union’s main base office, is being expanded. Striping will be completed Aug. 15
which will increase parking by an additional 79 new spaces.
The current roadway
will be changed into a parking lot and be limited to 5 mph to allow for the
additional parking. Some operations currently at the 72nd Air Base Wing
headquarters, Bldg. 460, will be moving to Bldg. 1 as part of the ongoing wing
headquarters relocation project.
“We have a need for
increased parking at Building 1 and this action will help alleviate some of the
parking problems,” said Carmie Ashley, ABW/CENP portfolio optimization chief.
“We wanted to take the opportunity to try to get more parking there, which the
expansion and striping plan will provide.”
The new lot will create a total of 198 parking spaces west
of Bldg. 1.