PUBLIC WORKSHOP SCHEDULED ON DRAFT EIR FOR CROSS FIELD TAXIWAY PROJECT AT LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

(Los Angeles, California – October 3, 2008)  Los Angeles World Airports has scheduled a public workshop to enable interested parties the opportunity to review, and provide written comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Cross Field Taxiway Project (CFTP) at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).  

            The meeting will be held Oct. 15 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the FlightPathLearningCenter, Imperial Terminal, 6661 West Imperial Highway, in Los Angeles.  No decision regarding the project will be made at the workshop.

            The CFTP is proposed to add or relocate certain LAX airfield facilities, including: construction of a new cross field taxiway, and adjacent vehicle service road, between the north and south runway complexes and would also extend an existing taxiway; relocation of several aircraft parking locations and a ground vehicle parking lot; realignment of a portion of World Way West that will pass under the new taxiway; and construction of a new fire station/aircraft rescue and fire fighting facility.

            The Draft CFTP EIR is available for review at the following locations:

§         Los Angeles World Airports

                        Web site http://www.ourlax.org/

                        “Projects – Publications”

§         Culver City Library

                        4975 Overland Avenue

                        Culver City

§         Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Regional Branch Library

                        3900 S. Western Avenue

                        Los Angeles

§         El Segundo Library

                        111 W. Mariposa Avenue

                        El Segundo

§         Hawthorne Library

                        12700 Grevillea Avenue

                        Hawthorne

§         Inglewood Library

                        101 W. Manchester Blvd.

                        Inglewood

§         Lennox Library

                        4359 Lennox Boulevard

                        Lennox

§         Westchester-Loyola Village Branch Library

                        7114 W. Manchester Ave

                        Westchester

            Written comments can be submitted at the public workshop, by e-mail to crossfieldproject@lawa.org, or to Los AngelesWorldAirports, Airport and Facilities Planning – Attention: Dennis Quilliam, 7301 World Way West, 3^rd Floor, Los Angeles, CA90045-5803.  Comments must be received no later than 5 p.m. Pacific Time, November 10, 2008.