FAA announces grant for safety at LAX

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[ This starts tomorrow (7/29/06, and lasts until March 2007.
Until then, LAX will be down to 3 runways. This will also
help for when carriers start service to the airport with
the A380. -Ed. ]

http://www.faa.gov/news/press_releas...fm?newsId=6552

FAA Announces Grant to Improve Runway Safety at LAX

LOS ANGELES . The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) today said it would provide $38.8 million to help
reconfigure the southside runway complex at Los Angeles International
Airport (LAX) in order to reduce the potential for runway incursions at
the airport. The project is necessary for the construction of a
parallel taxiway between the two runways, part of an effort to improve
safety at the nation.s fourth-busiest airport.

Although the City of Los Angeles must first complete a local
environmental review and approval processes before it can begin
construction, the FAA is looking to complete its actions to move this
important project forward as soon as possible

The project . one of the "green light" items in the LAX Master Plan .
will relocate Runway 7R/25L approximately 56 feet to the south. This
will then allow for the construction of the parallel taxiway between
Runways 7R/25L and 7L/25R. The new taxiway will prevent aircraft from
inadvertently crossing Runway 7L/25R when moving to and from the
terminal complex . a major factor in the airport's relatively high rate
of runway incursions

"By reducing the potential for incursions, the new center taxiway will
improve safety for the millions of Americans who travel to and from LAX
each year," said FAA Administrator Marion C. Blakey. "The FAA looks
forward to working with the City of Los Angeles and LAX to see this
project through to its successful completion."

In addition to moving Runway 7R/25L, the project includes building new
connector taxiways and installing new navigational aids and airfield
lighting. The FAA grant for the project will come from the agency's
Airport Improvement Program following a half-dozen runway incursions on
the south end of LAX earlier this year, the FAA requested that Los
Angeles World Airports . the city agency that owns and operates LAX .
develop and implement temporary, short-term measures to minimize
incursions until the runway reconfiguration project is completed.

BL.

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