MARTA's actions came after the agency's new group of engineers notice warped concrete columns in the three-level garage, the transit authority confirms. "There are no current MARTA employees (on the staff) who were involved in the project," Steen Miles, MARTA's chief media relations officer, tells GlobeSt.com. They have all been terminated.

The Doraville station still has a five-level, 1,100-space garage erected in 1998 and several surface lots. The five-level garage is attached to the faulty garage. A third garage was under construction at the opposite end of the station prior to MARTA's decision to close the defective building.

Demolition will cost $1.3 million, confirms Miles. A temporary 192-space surface parking lot will cost $2 million. No funds are available to replace the 521-car garage with a 1,100-car structure at an estimated hard construction cost of $24 million.