A Major change is being introduced at Manchester Airport to make it easier to drop off and pick up passengers.
From: chesterstandard.co.uk
Barriers are being removed next month so drivers will no longer have to stop to pay on the way out.
Instead, new technology will be managed through an automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) system like that already in use on Mersey Gateway, bridges, tunnels and other airports.
Cameras will identify cars by their registration number and automatically record who has used the pick-up or drop-off area.
Rather than stopping at a barrier and paying as they leave the area, drivers must pay the charge by midnight the following day.
They can do this over the phone or online.
There will be no change to the existing charges. No payments will be made when exiting the area.
Frequent users, including taxi drivers, will be able to set up an auto-pay account for future visits.
More information about this will be available in the coming weeks.
Prominent signs in and around the forecourt areas will remind drivers of the new system once it is introduced.
Sue West, Manchester Airport’s landside operations director, said: “Here at Manchester Airport we’re always looking for ways to make our passengers’ lives easier.
“By removing barriers in our drop-off and pick-up zones it will speed up the process and make it feel seamless.
“The barrierless system will be implemented across the various drop-off and pick-up areas around the airport in a phased approach over the last weeks of March and the start of April.
“Exact dates will be communicated in the coming weeks.”
Instead, new technology will be managed through an automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) system like that already in use on Mersey Gateway, bridges, tunnels and other airports.
Cameras will identify cars by their registration number and automatically record who has used the pick-up or drop-off area.
Rather than stopping at a barrier and paying as they leave the area, drivers must pay the charge by midnight the following day.
They can do this over the phone or online.
There will be no change to the existing charges. No payments will be made when exiting the area.
Frequent users, including taxi drivers, will be able to set up an auto-pay account for future visits.
More information about this will be available in the coming weeks.
Prominent signs in and around the forecourt areas will remind drivers of the new system once it is introduced.
Sue West, Manchester Airport’s landside operations director, said: “Here at Manchester Airport we’re always looking for ways to make our passengers’ lives easier.
“By removing barriers in our drop-off and pick-up zones it will speed up the process and make it feel seamless.
“The barrierless system will be implemented across the various drop-off and pick-up areas around the airport in a phased approach over the last weeks of March and the start of April.
“Exact dates will be communicated in the coming weeks.”