AIRPORT Princess Juliana International Airport Operating Company (PJIAE) has relocated the bus-stop in front of its terminal building, as part of the ongoing project to reroute the Airport Boulevard.
The makeshift, temporary bus-stop is located east of the pedestrian walkway. "The bus-stop was located on the exact spot where the rerouted road will rejoin the existing infrastructure; therefore, we had to make temporary arrangements," said PJIAE President Drs. Eugene Holiday.
The road rerouting works that were started on Friday May 29th 2009, are progressing well.
The Airport Road rerouting project, which represents a US$ 2 million investment, will result in a modified and rerouted road network at the airport. When the construction is completed, traffic coming from the direction of the WINAIR offices will go through the roundabout, continue alongside the Simpson Bay lagoon flowing along the eastern and northern shoreline and then curve to the south following the perimeters of the public car park to the west; at the front of the Terminal building the new road will connect with the existing airport road.
Drs. Holiday reiterated his previous calls for caution during this phase of the development that will benefit the entire island. "With this new arrangement for buses and pedestrians, motorists should apply even more caution," he urged.