COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) — The Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel restoration project is getting more expensive with yet another delay, now targeting November 2028 as the completion date.

Last month, the Department of Defense (DoD) awarded another $88 million contract to construction firm J.E. Dunn for chapel restoration work, which bumped the estimated total cost up 36% from $247 million to $335 million.

The ballooning price is approaching almost half of what was spent to restore the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris after a 2019 fire, but that project was completed in about half the time.

The cadet chapel closed its doors in October 2019 as the intensive restoration process began, which was initially expected to cost about $158 million . Since then, the project has been delayed fo

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