(INQUIRER / GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE)
MANILA – Operator New Naia Infra Corp. (NNIC) introduced Tuesday it’s conducting an audit of all safety bollards at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) and can redesign the departure drop-off areas at Terminals 1 and a pair of to reinforce curbside security.
The bollards undertaking on the nation’s fundamental gateway in 2019, apparently costing P8 million, turned a topic of scrutiny after a automobile crashed outdoors Terminal 1 on Sunday.
Sunday morning’s automobile crash on the departure entrance of Terminal 1 in Parañaque City killed a four-year-old woman and a 29-year-old male. Four others have been injured, together with the woman’s mom.
The audit will decide the place reinforcements, comparable to deeper foundations or structural upgrades, are wanted for present bollards, together with comparable protecting obstacles, significantly in excessive foot-traffic areas, the NNIC stated.
The San Miguel Corporation-led NNIC additionally stated it’s modifying the present diagonal passenger drop-off format at Terminals 1 and a pair of departure areas to a safer parallel unloading configuration.
“Together with the planned bollard reinforcements, this adjustment will provide an added layer of protection for passengers, well-wishers, airport staff and others who regularly access the terminal curbside,” NNIC stated in a press release.
The NNIC stated it’s treating it with the urgency it deserves.
“While safeguards were already in place, we recognize that there is always room to improve. We are taking concrete steps to help ensure incidents like this do not happen again,” it stated.
The NNIC assumed operations of Naia in September 2024 by way of a public-private partnership geared toward modernizing and bettering the nation’s fundamental worldwide gateway.
In an interview with the Philippine News Agency on Tuesday, Manila International Authority common supervisor Eric Ines stated the bollards have been put in upon the advice of the Australian Security Audit.
He admitted that the set up of the bollards is just not deep sufficient.
“Our current engineer said if deep excavation would be made (for the installation of bollards at departure area), it would go through the main arrival area,” he defined.
Ines stated that whereas the NNIC is addressing the issue, he ordered the deployment of extra cops on the Terminal 1 departure space.
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“Usually there is one or two policemen manning the area. I instructed the deployment of additional personnel, so that once in a while, they could check on the drivers, if they have parked correctly,” he stated.