Approaches

APPROACHING COMPLETION
Nearing Our Goal. Realizing Our Vision.
“ WE’RE BRINGING THE RANGE
AND QUALITY OF CUSTOMER
SERVICES OFFERED OUTSIDE
THE TERMINAL BUILDING UP
TO THE SAME HIGH STANDARD
WE’VE SET INSIDE.”
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2007 marked the mid-point of HIAA’s initial
10-year capital plan and the year we turned our
attention outward from the terminal building to
the groundside.“From this point on, you’ll see
us focus on bringing the range and quality of
customer services offered outside the terminal
building up to the same high standard we’ve set
inside,” says Michael Healy, HIAA’s Vice President,
Infrastructure & Technology.
Our multi-million-dollar Groundside Redevelopment
Program (GRP) will accomplish this goal
by offering airport visitors improved services and
facilities while making access to and from the
terminal easier. Several key pieces of this strategy
were completed in 2007, such as an expanded
Park’N Fly lot, featuring 1,300 new spaces, and the
new north tunnel, connecting the public parking
lot to the north end of the terminal. Preparatory
work also started to create separate upper and
lower access roads to the terminal – one for
departures, the other for arrivals – designed to
streamline traffic flow and reduce congestion in
front of the building.
By far, however, our most significant achievement
of 2007 came in July with the Board of Directors’
decision to approve plans for the full GRP, an $82
million project that will significantly change the look,
feel and function of the groundside of the airport.
The cornerstone of this initiative? An efficient,
2,300-space parking structure, connected to the
terminal building by an over-road pedway with
two moving sidewalks.“We worked with a team
of designers to create a modern facility with
an aviation-style look, featuring stainless steel
screens on two facades,” explains Michael. The
energy-efficient structure, incorporating a rental
car facility on the main floor, will be the first of
its kind in Eastern Canada.
“We’ve seen these state-of-the-art parking
structures in Europe and parts of the US, although
never before here,” notes Michael. Construction of
the facility is underway, with completion expected
in early 2009.
Complementing this next stage of groundside
development is a proposed 175-room hotel,
attached to the terminal. A request for proposals
for its construction and management was issued
in 2007 with construction of the hotel expected to
start in 2009.
HALIFAX INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY 2007 ANNUAL REPORT 4