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Omaha airport struggling to get word out on waiting lots

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December 16th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Omaha’s Eppley Airfield has installed two official cellphone waiting lots at a combined cost of $200,000, but word about the new lots has been slow to get out to the public. A cellphone lot is a space where people wait to receive texts or calls from arriving passengers who are ready to be picked up along the airport terminal’s front drive.

Airport police Chief Tim Conahan tells the Omaha World-Herald many people are still using old, nearby parking lots. Conahan says the name of the new lot may be part of the issue.

The new lots were announced in September along with other parking initiatives, including a new app that has a feature to help you find your vehicle if you return home and forget where you parked.