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LAX's Northern Runways Are Safe and Should Not be Moved

A NASA panel says the north runways at Los Angeles International Airport are safe and should remain in their current configuration, according to a report released Friday. The panel said that while other proposals -- including widening the distance between the two north runways -- might make the airport runways safer, "the risk is so low, reducing that risk by a substantial percentage is of limited practical importance.”

A committee of academics working with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration released a preliminary copy of the report Friday morning at the Flight Path Learning Center near LAX.

Nearby residents had been concerned about the report, fearing it would persuade elected officials to push a runway and surrounding airport land into their neighborhoods.

Airport officials have been trying to determine whether a greater distance between those two runways would reduce the number of near-misses involving arriving and departing jets.

The academic committee was charged with looking at five options. One would involve doing nothing, while a second would push the northernmost runway 100 feet north into Westchester. A third would push the northernmost runway north by 340 feet. A fourth would result in the elimination of one of the two runways on the north side of LAX. A fifth would call on the airport to relocate one of its north runways 340 feet south – a move that would require the demolition of Terminals 1, 2 and 3 at the airport.

As reported by the Los Angeles Times.  

 

 

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The Planning and Land Use committee has assembled a number of helpful tools related to planning and land use issues.  They include:

  • CEQA Statue and Guidelines
  • zoning Ordinance information
  • CA Density Zoning Law
  • Coastal Bluffs Specific Plan
  • Community Plan information

Among other items.

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CDO Committee   The ad hoc Community Design Overlay (CDO) committee of the Neighborhood Council's Planning and Land Use Committee (PLUC) has been charged with soliciting community input on the "look and feel" of Culver Blvd in Playa del Rey.  This team held a community meeting to gather your feedback to provide to the City's Planning Department.

Originally, we wanted to host this meeting on October 10th, but the Empower LA meeting (which will bring together all the Neighborhood Councils, Mayor Villaraigosa and any interested community members) is scheduled for the same date, http://www.lacityneighborhoods.com/nccongress_10_09.htm.  As we anticipate that that many people may want to attend that, we have rescheduled our meeting:
 
Saturday, October 24th
10am-noon
Westchester Senior's Center
8740 Lincoln Blvd.
Westchester, CA  90045
 
In addition to addressing the "look and feel" of Culver Blvd, we have also established a special sub-committee to help address the community's concerns about traffic and parking issues on Culver Blvd.  This meeting will be held in early November -- we are currently confirming schedules with some local experts to help us brainstorm realistic solutions.  I will get back to you with this date as soon as it is confirmed.
 
We very much welcome your active participation and look forward to seeing you on the 24th!

Working together to make a difference.

Cyndi Hench
NCWP President

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