Five Concepts To Modernize L.A.'s Airport
A just-released environmental report compares four alternatives for updating LAX -- the world's fifth-busiest airport.
"Without construction to widen intersections and to add lanes and offramps, traffic flow within about three miles of the airport would slow to a crawl in the next 12 years,... The 5,323-page report... found that because Hahn's proposal would discourage growth at the airport aiming for no more than the present 'theoretical capacity' of 78 million annual passengers it is more environmentally friendly than the Riordan options, which would allow the airport to serve as many as 98 million travelers a year."
Thanks to Laura Kranz
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Published on Sunday, July 13, 2003 in
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