Chennai airport all set to get multilevel car parking facility

The east wing will accommodate nearly 700 cars while the west wing will have space for close to 1,400 cars

In a few months from now, parking and flow of vehicles inside the Chennai airport is set to undergo a sea change when the new multilevel car parking is opened to public.

While the airport is spread over 1,301.28 acres, the new parking facility is being built over 4.25 acres at a cost of ₹250 crore.

It will have two wings — east and west — with six levels each, on either side of the Airport Metro Rail station.

The east wing will have a shopping mall, food court and a multiplex. It will hold nearly 700 cars, including in a mechanised car parking on the top floor. The west wing will accommodate close to 1,400 cars.

Officials of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) said when the new traffic management system kicks in, there will be three entry points.

Cars (whiteboard vehicles) that come to pick up passengers arriving at the domestic or international terminal have to travel all the way till the service bridge end, take a right turn and stop at either of the terminals and exit.

Cars (whiteboard vehicles) that enter the airport to drop off passengers in the international terminal too must take the same route.