LBA traffic problems!!!!!
Concerns raised over Leeds Bradford Airport traffic problems
14.01.11
A council watchdog has welcomed plans to increase the number of passengers using Leeds Bradford Airport from more than 2.7 million passengers each year to 5 million, the Guardian reports. But councillors on the city development scrutiny committee said that while they recognised the economic benefits to the region of increased visitors and the number of extra jobs that would be created, they told the airport that a better transport infrastructure needs to be in place to avoid making already congested roads worse.
Meeting chairman John Procter said:‘There are some real issues about getting to and from the airport. The feeling from members here today is that we wish the airport well and we want millions more people to use it, but there is a problem with the existing road infrastructure that needs addressing.’
Councillors also raised concerns about the lack of a rank for all local taxi companies to use at the airport and also said that sat-nav systems often took people through residential streets. The scrutiny board agreed to examine the issues in greater detail and look at what influence the council has over the airport's surface access strategy at next month's meeting.