LAX SOUTHERN PATHS READY FOR TAKEOFFS SOME QUESTION IF NORTHERN RUNWAY ALSO NEEDS REDESIGN.(News)

From: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) | Date: April 3, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: DOUG IRVING

Staff Writer

The southern runway at Los Angeles International Airport reopened to flights Monday after months of construction work, as questions about airport safety turned to the airport's northern runway.

Construction crews have spent the past nine months ripping up and rebuilding the southern runway, clearing space for a new taxiway that will give airplanes more room to maneuver. The $333 million project addresses a long-running problem of errant aircraft getting dangerously close to other planes while taxiing at LAX.

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