***TRAFFIC ADVISORY***

Travelers and other airport users are advised to allow additional time to get through Oakland International Airport (OAK) this week due to construction activity scheduled on outbound traffic lanes on Airport Drive, the airport's main roadway.

On Thursday, September 29, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., personnel and equipment will be working on approximately 50 feet of the left lane on outbound Airport Drive, after the Neil Armstrong intersection. Traffic will begin to merge prior to the intersection. This work is necessary to repair a section of the asphalt median strip. The closed section of roadway will be clearly marked and traffic enforcement will be maintained at all times.

This construction supports OAK's Terminal Improvement Program, begun April 2004. This $300 million program, to be completed in 2007, is the Port's largest aviation project in its 78-year history and is comprised of the Terminal 2 improvement project using "green building" technology, that includes a new concourse with five additional boarding gates and waiting areas; expanded ticketing, security and baggage claim facilities; new utilities; and the Terminal Roadway and Curbside project that will improve terminal access and ease congestion in front of the terminals.

OAK currently has over 200 flights a day on 13 domestic and international carriers to 42 nonstop destinations, including Atlanta, Boston, the Hawaiian Islands, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Mexico City and Mexico beach cities, and seasonal service to the Azores (Portugal), Costa Rica and Sun Valley, Idaho. OAK served 14.1 million passengers and handled 672,000 metric tons of cargo in 2004. The airport is a revenue division of the Port of Oakland, an independent department of the city of Oakland.

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