Committee hears CAMS update; concourse reopened, plaza set to open for cherry-blossom days
Jan 14, 2026
Jody Jones, director of the Capital Accessibility and Maintenance (CAMS) project, told the Joint Committee on Legislative Administration that the concourse and many renovated spaces are reassembled but punch‑list work, air‑balancing and exterior finishes continue; the front plaza is targeted to open for cherry‑blossom days in March 2026.
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Jody Jones, director of the Capital Accessibility and Maintenance project (CAMS), told the Joint Committee on Legislative Administration on Jan. 14 that major renovation phases of the Capitol are complete but finishing work remains. "We've put your building back together ... after 1600000.0 hours, person hours of work on just phase 3," Jones said, summarizing the scale of the phase‑three effort.
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