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Dayton airport gets $10M for baggage screening

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By John Nolan, Staff Writer Updated 10:24 PM Friday, September 4, 2009

DAYTON — A $10 million federal grant from economic stimulus funds will allow Dayton International Airport to install a new baggage screening system and move the current machines out of the terminal lobby to make more room for travelers, airport officials said Friday, Sept. 4.

The city is soliciting bids from contractors to build an expansion of the airport’s terminal building and install the new system there. It will use conveyors to transport baggage from airline ticket counters to another part of the building for screening.

Airport officials expect the contractor to start work in early January and have the system ready to operate in late December .

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will provide the funding. The government additionally is to provide screening equipment with an estimated value of $5 million, said Iftikhar Ahmad, Dayton’s director of aviation.

The screening system will have enhanced capability to detect explosives in checked baggage, federal officials said. Removal of the screening machines from the ticketing lobby will improve pedestrian flow in the terminal lobby, Ahmad said.

The project is intended to improve airport security by separating baggage screening from crowds of people in the lobby, Ahmad said.

Last week, the Department of Homeland Security announced more than $240 million in economic stimulus funding for similar state-of-the-art baggage screening systems at 10 other airports nationwide.

Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2242 or jnolan@DaytonDailyNews.com.

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