Will Rogers World Airport suffering from basic maintenance neglect

[SkyWestOKC]

I don't think it's due to the mayor conference, it may have something to do with it, however. They stay up with keeping the landscaping up. The only time they slack off is in the winter, naturally. I've seen them working on the landscaping since late February. Guess that's when they replant everything. There was a crew putting some trees and flowers in on Meridian Ave. along the west side of the airport (west of Terminal Dr.), on Wednesday. They will also be resurfacing that road pretty soon, right now it's pretty bad.

[ljbab728]

They will also be resurfacing that road pretty soon, right now it's pretty bad.

That's putting it mildly. If you try riding a shuttle van on Meridian it's kind of like an amusement park ride.

[Urban Pioneer]

So I went to the airport to pick up someone again. It seems that's some of the things noted on this thread have been fixed and improved. One moving sidewalk was broken and the parking tower escalator was still making that intense "whacking" noise.

It seemed though that the unfinished drywall patches had been painted. I did not have a chance to go look at the "pothole." Maybe someone else can confirm whther they have observed "fixes."

Folks, you have till Thursday morning to get these issues resolved. The Mayor's Conference attendees will be arriving.

[metro]

no worries, I'll be renting some horses and offering horse taxi rides to DOKC for the attendees, after all that's what they'll expect, right? I kid, I kid...

[SkyWestOKC]

Overall, I'm not concerned what they think about our airport. Our airport is nicer than most major airports, and a huge improvement over other airports our size (except Austin, which has a very similar facility). As has been said, it is almost near impossible to keep an airport in 100% shape. The airport has more people in it every day than most every where else in the city. Where else do 10,000 people walk in the same building within a 19 hour period every day, every day of every week, and every week of every year -- in this city?

Given the conditions, I say they do a decent job, but there is always room for improvement.