$1.3 billion LAX project approved

The Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners is poised on Monday to consider a pair of construction contracts totaling $1.13billion to build nine new airline gates and add 1million square feet to the Tom Bradley International Terminal by 2013. Art Marroquin in the Daily News.

If approved, the move would mark the largest awarding of construction contracts at one time for a single project in city history, funded through a combination of bonds and airport revenues, said Gina Marie Lindsey, executive director of Los Angeles International Airport.

"This is the front door to the United States for millions of international passengers every year, but our front door has, for years, not really reflected the city," Lindsey said. "This project is going to be a tangible way for our front door to be significantly upgraded and something that the city can be proud of."