Logan's Cell Phone Waiting Lot to move Wednesday
Plans call for the Cell Phone Waiting Lot to move from its present location on Harborside Drive to new space at the intersection of Hotel Drive and Service Road, near the airport Gulf Station.
"The new location will have 60 spaces – an increase of 10 from the three-year-old lot -- and be much closer to the terminals," airport officials said in a press release.
The release added: "To get to the new cell lot from the Ted Williams Tunnel, drivers should take the Harborside Drive exit and turn left at the light onto Hotel Drive. Turn left at the light onto Service Road. The Cell Phone Lot will be on your right. From the Callahan Tunnel and Route 1A, drivers should use the departure roadway for all terminals and follow signs for Hotels, Economy Lot and Fuel/Food. At the end of the down ramp from the departure roadway, motorists should proceed straight through the traffic light and turn right into the Cell Phone Lot."
The rules for the lot remain the same: Drivers should stay no more than 30 minutes in the cell lot and they must stay with their vehicles at all times; unattended cars will be ticketed and towed. State law limits idling to five minutes. Drivers should allow at least 20 minutes for passengers to deplane and claim checked luggage and drivers should wait in the lot until arriving passengers have called to be picked up, and then they should follow signs to the terminals.
Aside from providing convenience to people driving to Logan to pick up arriving passengers, the move is part of a larger plan to build a $337 million Consolidated Rental Car Facility, known as Conrac. The Harborside Drive location is needed to accommodate the temporary relocation of the taxi pool, airport officials said.
The new Cell Phone Waiting Lot is the first Logan project to use porous pavement, a permeable pavement surface that improves water runoff management.
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