ROCKFORD (WIFR) -- The Rockford Airport is making some security improvements after a drunk driver crashed onto the property. Some employees are calling people crashing onto the airport property a chronic problem.
The installation of barricades are what some airport leaders are calling two weeks too late. Just last weekend police say a drunk driver broke through this fence and ended up cruising around a section of the airfield.
RFD Supervisor Zack Oakley said, “Before this incident happened on Sunday we actually started this project already it's unfortunate this wasn't completely before this happened.”
RFD's operations department is spending more than five thousand dollars to fix the problem. On Monday, employees will install six wooden reflective barriers to stop cars from crashing through the fence at the corner of Kishwaukee Street and Airport Drive. That's actually where a second drunk driver crashed and landed on a taxiway in March.
Oakley said, "It still is a concern no matter when it happens because of the fact that we may not have anything moving on the ground but there might be an aircraft we want to make sure everything is clear and ready to go at all times."
Airport spokespeople say night time drivers are constantly running through the stop sign causing accidents in the same area. They hope the eight thousand ton barricades will keep us safe on the street and in the air.
Oakley said, "We want to make sure we stop this problem from this point forward.”
The barriers will be installed Monday and Tuesday. Airport leaders believe this will fix the problem. The FAA is now investigating last weekend's crash.
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