TWO COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS SCHEDULED FOR LAX LANDSIDE ACCESS MODERNIZATION PROGRAM DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT
(Los Angeles, California – October 5, 2016) Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) will conduct two community workshops this month where the public will have the opportunity to provide comment on the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) Landside Access Modernization Program (LAMP). The location for the first workshop has changed. It will be held at the Westchester Senior Center, 8740 Lincoln Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90045, on Saturday, October 15, 2016, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The public is encouraged to attend.
The second community workshop is scheduled for Wednesday, October 19, 2016, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Flight Path Learning Center and Museum, located at 6661 West Imperial Highway, Los Angeles, CA, 90045.
The community workshops will be held in an informal open-house format with a brief presentation. Representatives from LAWA and the study team will be available to talk about the Draft Environmental Impact Report. Graphics will be on display for review of the project details, and attendees will have an opportunity to provide written comments on the DEIR.
The DEIR studied the LAX Landside Access Modernization Program, which includes a 2.25-mile Automated People Mover (APM), a Consolidated Rental Car Center (CONRAC), two Intermodal Transfer Facilities (ITF), roadway and highway upgrades, transportation management policies, and related plan amendments and other entitlements. The draft report examines potential community impacts and suggests possible mitigation measures to address those impacts. The environmental process also included collaboration with key agency and community stakeholders.
The DEIR was released to the public on September 15, which began a 45-day public review and comment period that ends October 31, 2016.
The LAMP is designed to relieve traffic congestion within the LAX Central Terminal Area (CTA) and on surrounding streets; improve the travel experience for passengers; provide connection to the regional Metro light-rail system at the proposed Airport Metro Connector Transit station at 96th Street/Aviation Boulevard; reduce vehicle emissions and improve air quality for communities adjacent to LAX; and transform LAX into a modern, state-of-the-art airport servicing passengers, employees and neighbors.
The LAMP DEIR can be viewed at http://www.connectinglax.com/draft.htmland at the following locations:
- Culver City Library , 4975 Overland Drive, Culver City, CA 90230
- Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Regional Branch Library , 3900 South Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90062
- El Segundo Library , 111 West Mariposa Avenue, El Segundo, CA 90245
- Hawthorne Library , 12700 Grevillea Avenue, Hawthorne, CA 90250
- Inglewood Library , 101 West Manchester Boulevard, Inglewood, CA 90301
- Westchester-Loyola Village Branch Library, 7114 West Manchester Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90045
The public may also provide written comments at http://www.lawa.org/ourLAX/Comments.aspx or via mail to Evelyn Quintanilla, Chief of Airport Planning, Los Angeles World Airports, P.O. Box 92216, Los Angeles, CA 90009-2216.
About Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
LAX is the seventh busiest airport in the world and third in the United States. LAX served more than 74.9 million passengers in 2015. LAX offers 742 daily nonstop flights to 101 cities in the U.S. and 1,273 weekly nonstop flights to 76 cities in 41 countries on 64 commercial air carriers. LAX ranks 12th in the world and fifth in the U.S. in air cargo tonnage processed, with more than 2.1 million tons of air cargo valued at over $101.4 billion. LAX handled 655,564 operations (landings and takeoffs) in 2015.
An economic study based on 2014 operations reported LAX generated 620,610 jobs in Southern California with labor income of $37.3 billion and economic output (business revenues) of more than $126.6 billion. This activity added $6.2 billion to local and state revenues and $8.7 billion in federal tax revenues. The study also reported that LAX’s ongoing capital-improvement program creates an additional 121,640 annual jobs with labor income of $7.6 billion and economic output of $20.3 billion, $966 million in state and local taxes, and $1.6 billion in federal tax revenues.
LAX is part of a system of three Southern California airports – along with LA/Ontario International and Van Nuys general aviation – that are owned and operated by Los Angeles World Airports, a proprietary department of the City of Los Angeles that receives no funding from the City’s general fund.
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