ATLANTA — Hartsfield-Jackson International announced it will soon begin restricting access to the airport between the hours of 11 p.m. to 4:30 a.m.
Starting March 2, the world's busiest airport said access to the terminals, parking decks, SkyTrain and rental car center during that overnight period will be restricted to ticketed airline passengers; people meeting, accompanying or assisting passengers; and "authorized personnel."
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Airport officials said the change is "a result of an increasing volume" of passengers and visitors, along with construction projects, and will allow overnight crews to thoroughly clean public areas.
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While airport officials have taken steps before to ask overnight visitors to show their boarding passes, the new policy comes amid a growing issue of homeless people sleeping in the Atlanta airport's domestic terminal overnight.
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