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<br /> i <br /> <br /> i <br /> i <br /> NEWS RELEASE <br /> July 1, 1 87 <br /> CONTACT: Bob Staley, Project Manager, 687-5123 <br /> Kay Kronholm, Project Information, 687-5297 <br /> <br /> ~i Sandra Gleason, Public Information, 687-5523 <br /> FOR IMMED ATE RELEASE <br /> AIRPORT TO OPEN TEMPORARY LONG-TERM PARKING LOT <br /> Due o the landside construction at Mahlon Sweet Airport, on Wednesday, <br /> July 8, t e long-term parking lot will be closed and a temporary long-term <br /> lot on Gr enhill Road, across from the current long-term parking area, will be <br /> opened. he permanent long-term parking lot will be completed and reopened <br /> about Oct ber 15, 1987. A shuttle bus will shuttle passengers and their <br /> luggage f om the temporary lot to the airport terminal. The short-term <br /> parking a ea will not be affected. <br /> Airp rt personnel encourage passengers to allow at least an extra half <br /> hour abov what is required for checkin at the airline desks. "We have <br /> three shu tle buses that will make continuous round trips. But, there may <br /> <br /> I <br /> be some b ief waits, so it's important for people to build extra time into <br /> <br /> j their sch dule," said Bob Staley, project manager. The shuttle stops in the <br /> temporary lot will be signed and will have covered waiting areas. Shuttles <br /> returning passengers to the temporary lots will be located outside at the <br /> north end of the terminal. All shuttle stops are posted with signs. <br /> Stal y said that once the lot is open, the only parking available at the <br /> terminal ill be in the short-term parking area, which has a 24-hour limit. <br /> Douglas DMive at the south end of the terminal will be under construction, <br /> more <br /> <br /> ~i <br /> I <br /> <br />