The Labor Day holiday weekend has ended, and the Georgia State Patrol is in with their numbers. 11 people were killed in traffic crashes in the period between 6pm Friday and midnight last night. That number is a significant decrease in the 22 killed in the same period last year, and the 18 that were predicted for this past weekend. There were nearly 700 more crashes than the predictions for this year, but the number of injuries represented a decrease from the number last Labor Day holiday.
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Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Friday, August 31, 2007
Hartsfield Airport Expects 1.3 million
The nation's busiest airport, Hartsfield-Jackson International, is expecting 1.3 million people to pass through its door's this Labor Day weekend. That is an estimated six percent increase in traffic from last year’s Labor Day holiday.
The Transportation Security Administration has sent extra workers; every security lane in the airport is open.
Airport official, Herschel Grangent, told GPB news that the goal is for travelers to have to wait no more than 30-minutes in line, even during peak hours. "That’s the goal: to keep everybody happy, keep everybody moving and getting to their planes on time," Grangent said.
Almost 250,000 people are expected at the airport per day. The heaviest travel is expected to be on Friday.
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