The giant sign “Lax” that has welcomed travelers to Los Angeles International Airport during the last 25 years is going down temporarily to give way to the main road projects.
The teams began to eliminate the 32 -foot high sign on Thursday night, starting with the “X”, as part of an upcoming reconfiguration of the surrounding roads.
The reconstruction will include pedestrian improvements, improved signage and more direct access to the airport economy parking in a reconfigured road stretch, according to Los Angeles airports.
The project is expected to eliminate hundreds of traffic vehicles Boulevard at a given time once it is completed.
In a statement, Michael Christensen, development director of Los Angeles World Airports airport, said the reconstruction project is a significant milestone for Lax, since the airport authority is working to make it more efficient and accessible to travelers such as the World Cup in 2026 and the Summer Olympic Games in 2028 Leging for the region.
This is only part of the Modernization of the Aerodrome and Terminal of Lax, whose objective is to reduce cars and the accumulation of traffic when previously taking cars along the sepulveda Boulevard on dedicated and high roads separated from the local traffic.
“While the Laxo sign will take a break from the Center for Care, our contracting teams and partners will work at work in the improvements on roads that will provide long -term benefits to employees, travelers and our surrounding communities, creating an experience at the world -class airport in the coming years,” said Christensen.
The cards will be removed one by one that begin with “X” and that will end with “L”, and will be stored in the courtyard on the other side of the street from their current site.
When the reconstruction project is completed, the sign will be relocated to guarantee “compatibility with the new road designs and integrated in the widest planned improvements for the area”, according to airport officials.
There is no established timeline for a return of iconic letters.
The officials project that the high roads that enter the area of the central terminal of Lax are completed before the 2028 Olympic Games. The completion of the entire project is scheduled for the year 2030.
The three -dimensional sign was installed as part of a $ 80 million face wash of the main airport entrance before the National Democratic Convention in 2000.
At that time, it was the first important Embels project of Lax from the 1984 Olympic Games, with the aim of becoming “both a symbol of Los Angeles and the Hollywood sign.”
