LOS ANGELES WORLD AIRPORTS COMPLETES CRITICAL UTILITY PROJECT TO HELP POWER THE FUTURE OF LAX
For Immediate Release
Jan. 14, 2020
Contact:
Stephanie Sampson
(424) 646-5260
(Los Angeles, CA) Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) today announced the completion of a critical enabling project, the installation of an underground duct bank that will help power future elements of Los Angeles International Airport’s (LAX) Landside Access Modernization Program (LAMP).
The underground duct bank project commenced earlier this year and involved the installation of more than 3,000 feet of new duct work (or groups of conduit designed to protect and consolidate cables and wires) and five new underground electrical vaults along Westchester Parkway between Jetway Boulevard and Bellanca Avenue. The enabling project’s completion is integral in meeting the future power demands of the Automated People Mover (APM) train system, the APM Maintenance and Storage Facility (MSF) and the Intermodal Transportation Facility – West (ITF-West).
“Electricity is a critical infrastructure component not only for our modernization projects, but for LAX as a whole,” said Dan McKelvie, Project Manager, LAWA Utilities and LAMP Enabling Projects. “The completion of this project will help us power these key facilities and the future of LAX.”
The duct bank being installed underground (l); duct bank after installation (r)
The success of the project was possible because of collaboration with the project contractors and several partner agencies and companies, including the LA Department of Water and Power (LADWP), LA Department of Transportation, LA Bureau of Engineering, Southern California Edison, and Southern California Gas Company. Both the LADWP and LAWA have been making significant investments to improve power reliability and resiliency as part of ongoing modernization projects. LAWA has been developing a power resiliency program to ensure the ability to keep critical safety and communications systems operating in the event of power disruption.
Construction for the future of LAX is currently underway with foundation work having commenced for the APM guideway, ITF-West and APM M&SF. LAX’s modernization program includes a 2.25 mile elevated Automated People Mover train system with six stations total – three inside the Central Terminal Area (CTA) and three outside. It also includes new pick-up and drop-off locations outside of the CTA, a Consolidated Rent-A-Car Facility and roadway improvements.
For more information on the future of LAX and the LAMP, visit FLYLAX.com/ConnectingLAX.
LAX, the sixth-busiest airport in the world serving nearly 66 million guests in 2022, is owned and operated by Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), a proprietary, revenue-generating department of the City of Los Angeles that also governs Van Nuys Airport (VNY). As the international gateway to the Southern California region, LAX and its partners are dedicated to meeting global airport standards for customer satisfaction, safety, regional economic leadership, organizational performance and sustainability.
To better serve the millions of domestic and international guests that travel through LAX each year, the airport is undergoing a multi-billion-dollar capital improvement program to modernize its entire campus. Initiatives underway include an Automated People Mover, a Consolidated Rental Car Facility and two projects that will each add over one million square feet to the airport's existing property: Terminal 9 and Concourse 0. For more information about LAX, its transformation and its environmental, social and local workforce commitments, please visit flylax.com. Follow LAX on X (formally Twitter), Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook and YouTube.
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