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Airport News

Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport has unveiled plans for a redesigned Terminal A parking facility that will replace the current three existing separate garages and will provide users with more than 7,700 parking spaces.

The new facility is part of the airport’s seven-year US$1.9 billion Terminal Renewal and Improvement Program (TRIP), which will update all four of DFW’s original passenger terminals. A new roadway system designed to enhance safety at the terminal will also be constructed.

“We think our customers will be very pleased with update they will soon see along the roadways and parking within the Terminal A complex,” said Jeff Fegan, CEO of DFW Airport. “The new parking structure will have great improvements in accessibility, lighting, convenience and technology, all of which will make for a vastly improved parking experience for DFW travelers.”

The parking garage will measure three million square feet and will consist of five parking levels, making it one of Texas’ largest parking structures. It will also be the largest structure to be built at DFW since Terminal D and Skylink opened in 2005.

Construction of the first phase of the garage will be carried out alongside phase one of the Terminal A renovation work, which will open later this year. All three phases of work on Terminal A and the parking facility should be complete in late 2014, and the entire TRIP project to renovate Terminals A, B, C and E is planned for completion in 2017. 

The new Terminal A Parking facility will offer:

  • Over 3 million square feet and five levels of parking space
  • Enhanced terminal entries including covered walkways
  • A more brightly lit parking environment
  • Higher clearances to accommodate ADA accessible vehicles
  • Vertical accessibility via new passenger elevators
  • Innovative new roadway design which reduces the need for lane changes and separates arrivals traffic from departures traffic
  • Spiraled helix roads for easier access to all five parking levels
  • A pedestrian bridge from infield parking to the parking structure
  • A guidance system to help customers easily find an open space