b'TERMINALSLNK 55Designers included recharging bars of various heights to accommodate a wide range of uses and users. and main road. The footprint was also within the path of FAA control sightlines to runway approaches, so planners had to consider height restrictions for the terminal addition and the construction cranes used to build it. Barth notes that managing expectations within the community is an ongoing issue because many locals believe that airlines will automatically come to LNK because it built a new terminal. Those two dont correlate, but people think that they do, she says. A Learning ExperienceSpeaking from a planning and development perspective, Lay encourages any airport beginning a terminal expansion to engage stakeholders as soon as possiblethe FAA, TSA, airlines, utility providers, rental car companies, internal airport departments, etc.They will have wide and varied input into the project, and it will take a little while to work through all that, he notes. Lay also suggests having clear objectives and goals in mind. As all of that input comes in, you can run it through that goal objective filter to make sure you dont have scope creep, which can happen pretty easily.AirportImprovement.comSeptember 2024'