Council discuss traffic problems cause by airport drop off fee
08.10.11
Safety fears have been raised as motorists are avoiding the £2 charge for using the forecourt drop-off facility at Leeds Bradford Airport by making dangerous u-turns, the Yorkshire Evening Post reports. The charge was introduced this year and, although free parking for up to an hour is available in the airport’s long-stay car parks, an increasing number of motorists are dropping passengers off on Whitehouse Lane, then making dangerous manoeuvres to avoid passing through the airport, causing traffic problems and a risk to safety.
A report discussed by councillors this week revealled: ‘This change has had a negative impact on the public highway, particularly at peak times, with an increase in the number of instances of parking on double yellow lines to drop off and u-turns on the Lane as a means of avoiding the £2 charge.’
Senior council officials feel the council should liaise with the airport over a forecourt management plan that would address the ‘negative impact’ the £2 charge is having on Whitehouse Lane.
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