City reaches deal with concessionaire for disclosure of documents

In an ongoing legal dispute over the a massive round of concessions contracts for Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, the city of Atlanta reached a deal to disclose more documents to concessionaire SSP America.

The agreement came after a hearing Tuesday in Fulton County Superior Court where SSP sought an injunction to stop the city from executing the concessions contracts, after previously being granted a temporary restraining order. SSP argued it did not receive all the public records it requested from the city, which it aims to use to file an administrative protest of the contract award.

Rather than ruling on the injunction, the judge urged the two sides to instead agree on voluntary steps. The city agreed to give to SSP certain documents, including trade secrets information previously withheld, while maintaining a protest deadline of Feb. 6.