MSY New terminal is a design failure and we should open one concourse at the old terminal

I have been at least a dozen times to the new terminal either traveling myself or picking up or dropping off travelers. The experience has never been as easy as the old terminal either flying myself or in dropping off or picking up other travelers.

The traffic flow for the new terminal on the terminal grounds only works on the lightest of traffic days. Friday night the round about was closed by the cell phone lot so those of us coming out of short term parking were directed down the road by the terminal beyond long term parking and then made to U-turn to come up the same road to the interstate. Those coming into the terminal pick up and drop off lines were forced to wait in a huge line. It was a cluster.

Now the state plans to spend hundreds of millions on a fly over we do not need. The traffic issues are not on the public roads---they on the terminal roads that are clearly inadequate. It is not like they didn't know how much traffic they would be dealing with.

We are now spending millions to handle car rental buses that were not needed at the old terminal. The baggage handling is no better and frequently inoperable in one way or another.

We should renovate and open terminal B on the old building. (Give it to Southwest or Delta) We can then use airline highway the approach from Williams again. We can use the old parking lots easier. This would take a lot of traffic off of the inadequate roads at the new terminal.

We can cancel the contract for the interstate flyover and move forward.

We would have lots of room for expansion. Flying would be much easier for locals and tourist.

It's time to admit we made huge design flaws and make the best of it.