Hundreds of executives and other industry officials learned about contracting opportunities related to a $5 billion modernization project at Los Angeles International Airport that includes the construction of a people mover and a rental car facility.
Los Angeles World Airports, the city agency that operates LAX, hosted the forum at the Sheraton Gateway Los Angeles Hotel for about 900 business executives to introduce them to the proposed Landside Access Modernization Program.
City officials are in the midst of soliciting construction companies to bid on contracts for the project, which includes the construction of a 2.25- mile automated people mover, a consolidated rental car facility, transit hubs and roadway improvements.
The specifics of the project are still being studied, with LAWA anticipating that environmental impact reports will be released later this year and in 2017.
Mayor Eric Garcetti recently said the project is part of a “continuous effort to transform LAX into the world-class airport that Los Angeles deserves.”
LAWA has spent $4 billion since 2007 on projects to modernize LAX, including a major overhaul of the Tom Bradley International Terminal.
—City News Service