Airport construction of bomb detection rooms to get under way

<p>After lengthy delays, construction of luggage-screening rooms underneath Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is to begin this week, bringing confusion and traffic tie-ups.</p><p>Starting at midnight Friday, roads in front of the North Terminal will be ripped up to begin building the rooms that will house the luggage-screening equipment. The same thing will start at the South Terminal in the middle of next week.</p><p>As a result, private vehicles not be able to drop off passengers by the curb. They will be diverted to a section of a parking garage where a "Kiss'n' Fly" area will be established.</p><p>The work is expected to continue for a year at the South Terminal, used mainly by Delta Air Lines, and for 15 months at the North Terminal.</p><p>"I think it will be very disruptive at first, especially for those who do not pick up or drop off passengers regularly," said Atlanta business travel consultant Chris McGinnis.</p><p>Officials had said construction on the $215 million project could start in November 2003, but the work was delayed by negotiations with the federal Transportation Security Administration over payment and design details.</p><p>___</p><p>On the Net:</p><p>Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport: www.atlanta-airport.com</p><p>___</p><p>HASH(0x28664d0)</p>

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