Airport Board Earmarks Funds for Bradley Expansion
By Art Marroquin, Staff Writer
December 7, 2009
The Board of Airport Commissioners on Monday earmarked more than $205.5 million for the ongoing expansion of the Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport.
The money will allow Walsh Austin Joint Venture to establish management facilities at LAX, set up steel frames for new airline gates and build a temporary bus terminal used by passengers who must be shuttled from outlying airline gates.
The deal is included in $1.13 billion worth of construction contracts awarded to Walsh Austin earlier this year.
In a related move, the commission awarded nearly $96 million to Flatiron West Inc. to relocate Taxiway S about 242 feet to the west to accommodate construction of the expanded Bradley terminal.
Separately, the commission awarded an additional $200,000 to NASA Ames Research Center to wrap up an ongoing study examining whether the parallel runways on the north airfield should be separated to make room for a centerline taxiway.
The revised contract, now worth $1.6 million, covers costs that resulted from "unexpected challenges" that led to a delay in completing the study, according to an airport report. NASA's final report is due out in February.