A Los Angeles City Council committee approved increasing the total cost of LAX's significantly delayed Automated People Mover from $2.9 billion to $3.34 billion.
Airport commissioners approved an additional $400 million to settle legal claims and set a date for completion of LAX's significantly delayed Automated People Mover.A Los Angeles City Council committee Tuesday approved increasing the total cost of LAX's significantly delayed Automated People Mover from $2.9 billion to $3.34 billion in a bid to settle legal claims and finalize the project's completion date.
"These delays have been extremely frustrating," said Councilwoman Traci Park, who chairs the trade committee. Park -- who represents the 11th District, including LAX and other West L.A. and coastal neighborhoods -- said she intends to introduce a motion to ensure problems encountered with the Automated People Mover won't occur on other modernization projects at the airport or other capital projects the city has in the future.
The Automated People Mover is a piece of the airport's larger $30 billion project to update terminals, gates and airport signage. LAWA CEO John Ackerman explained that the delays to the project were caused by COVID-19, labor and production conflicts.
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