How you move when you're going on a business trip, when you're taking your family on vacation, and how you see and experience that place has so much to do with the beginning and the end of your travels from your home. "This is an exciting day for us," Mendenhall said.
City, airport and UTA leaders say the station will serve as a convenient alternative to driving to the airport, much like the previous airport station did for the old Salt Lake City airport. The weather couldn't stop the celebration it marked the end of 20 months of construction that was delayed as a result of economic and pandemic-related issues. The train was supposed to break through a specially made banner to symbolize a ribbon-cutting ceremony, but strong winds tore the banner to shreds before the train arrived. They did so by arriving on a special Green Line light-rail car that arrived just outside of the airport's main terminal. On Monday, Wyatt, Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall and Utah Transit Authority executives welcomed in the opening of the new Salt Lake City Airport TRAX Station. While he contends airport leaders such as himself will work to address parking in the future, he used that recent example to highlight the importance of another solution: mass transit. "That's a little troubling because that means it's entirely likely that there were people driving to the airport, bags in the trunk, ticket in hand, who couldn't find a place to park," said Bill Wyatt, director of the Salt Lake City International Airport.
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Its parking lot was completely full as a result of close to 30,000 travelers coming in to fly somewhere else. SALT LAKE CITY - Earlier this month, during the Utah school system's fall break, Salt Lake City International Airport staff ran into an issue they hadn't dealt with since the opening of the new airport terminal last year.Įvery single parking stall at the airport was taken. Reading or replaying the story in itsĪrchived form does not constitute a republication of the story. Only for your personal, non-commercial use.
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