February 14, 2003
For Immediate Release
Contact: Mindy Hamlin, Communications Dept.
Phone: 840-2100 ext. 207
RDU Begins Random Vehicle Searches
RDU Airport, NC - The Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority will begin conducting random searches of vehicles approaching the airport terminals late this afternoon. The security measure is in accordance with new federal requirements mandated by the Transportation Security Administration. The random searches will be in effect while the nation’s alert status remains at level orange.
Signs will inform drivers of the inspection process as they enter the airport. All vehicles are subject to the random search.
Customers traveling to the airport should be reminded that the I-70/Lumley Road entrance to the airport terminals will be closed. Park and Ride 4 will be open but access to the terminals will be restricted to the entrance accessible from Aviation Parkway and Airport Boulevard.
The Airport Authority
will keep the inspection process to a minimum amount of time but recommends
that passengers allow additional time for the new security procedure.
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