Passengers making their way through Los Angeles International (LAX) should see a big improvement in the facility from next year after the final go-ahead for work was approved.
Projects including an overhaul of ageing escalators, refurbished restrooms and revamped terminals will go ahead at the airport, as officials look to make over a site first built in 1928.
Earlier this week, LAX commissioners awarded a contact for the soundproofing of a number of surrounding residential areas, with more than $1.2 million set aide for insulation modifications on more than 100 units within Los Angeles City Council District 11.
Features such as double-paned windows, solid-core doors and insulation will be installed to achieve a noise level reduction of approximately 50 percent.
Gina Marie Lindsey, Executive Director of Los Angeles World Airports , told the Los Angeles Times that there would be some disruption initially.
“There will be parts of your experience at LAX that you won’t be totally happy with when we get into the height of the program. But we will be doing it in as passenger-friendly a way as possible.”
Almost five million passengers came through LAX in October, a rise of 1.6 percent on 2006’s figures.
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