- - TRAFFIC ADVISORY - - LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ANNOUNCES CENTURY BOULEVARD CLOSURES NEAR LAX ON THURSDAY, OCT. 2, 4 – 7 PM

(Los Angeles, California – October 1, 2008) The Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) has announced westbound Century Boulevard leading to Los AngelesInternationalAirport (LAX) will be closed Thursday, Oct. 2, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. due to scheduled labor demonstrations.

Motorists are advised to avoid this area and to take alternate routes, including:

1.                  Westbound Glenn Anderson Freeway (I-105) to northbound Sepulveda Blvd.

2.                  Westbound Imperial Highway to northbound Sepulveda Blvd.

3.                  Westbound La Tijera Blvd. to 96^th Street to Skyway

4.                  Southbound Sepulveda Blvd. to 96^th Street to Skyway

Motorists exiting LAX on eastbound Century Blvd. will not be affected.  However, motorists heading westbound to LAX on Century Blvd. will be diverted to northboundAviation Blvd.to westbound Arbor Vitae Streetto southbound Airport Blvd., to westbound Century Blvd. into the airport passenger terminal area.

M embers of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union (Unite H.E.R.E. Local 11), along with other union supporters are scheduled to stage a demonstration/rally on the 5700 block of Century Boulevard.