§ 75. Sir Knox Cunninghamasked the Minister of Aviation whether, bearing in mind the inconvenient and unsightly form of the staircase in the civil airport building at Aldergrove in County Antrim and the further increase in the volume of passenger traffic passing through the airport, he will demolish the stairway as a further step in the new development scheme and install a two-way escalator so that there may be speedy and convenient movement between the two passenger floors.
§ Mr. StonehouseNo, for the reasons given in my reply to the hon. Member on 5th May.
§ Sir Knox Cunninghamasked the Minister of Aviation if he will state his plans for the improvement of picking up and setting down of passengers by motor cars at the civil airport at Aldergrove in County Antrim; and what changes he proposes to make in the car parking arrangements at the air terminal building.
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§ Mr. StonehouseThe approach road is to be diverted to the east and the car parking area reorganised so as to create more parking space near the terminal building. The control gate for the car park will be brought much closer to the building. A system of islands will be constructed which will improve the traffic flow, and make it easier to pick up and drop passengers and to walk between the car park and the building.
The reorganisation will be undertaken and completed as soon as possible.