FORTRESS LAX LETS IN DRIVERS.Byline: Mariel Garza Staff Writer Motorists who venture inside the central terminal at Los Angeles International Airport “LAX” redirects here. For other uses, see LAX (disambiguation). “KLAX” redirects here. For other uses, see KLAX (disambiguation). Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX for the first time today will encounter random vehicle searches, bomb-sniffing dogs and heavy traffic as drivers navigate the heavily secured U-shaped complex. ``We're doing everything we can to keep the airport open but also make it as safe as we can make it,'' Mayor James Hahn For the Iowa politician, see . James Kenneth "Jim" Hahn (born July 3, 1950) is an American politician from the Democratic Party. He was the Deputy City Attorney (1975-1979), City Controller (1981-1985), City Attorney (1985-2001) and Mayor of Los Angeles, California said Friday during a press conference at LAX, where he announced the limited reopening Reopening Treasury offerings of additional amounts of outstanding issues, rather than an entirely new issue. A reopened issue will always have the same maturity date, CUSIP number, and interest rate as the original issue. of the central terminal, which has been closed to private passenger vehicles since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. ``We're expecting this weekend - because traffic has been increasing every weekend since Sept. 11 - to be the busiest weekend since that date at LAX,'' Hahn said. ``We imagine there will be quite a lot of traffic problems as we work out the bugs.'' Among the new security measures Noun 1. security measures - measures taken as a precaution against theft or espionage or sabotage etc.; "military security has been stepped up since the recent uprising" security : curbside curb·side n. 1. The side of a pavement or street that is bordered by a curb. 2. A sidewalk. adj. Located, operating, or occurring at or along the sidewalk or curb: drop-offs and pick-ups are prohibited and noncommercial vehicles will be restricted to the inner lanes of the terminal roads, preventing direct access to passenger terminals, airport officials said. Private vehicles will be required to park inside the parking structures to drop off and pick up passengers, and will be subject to random searches inside the terminal area and at roadway checkpoints. Travelers will also notice patrols by police and bomb-sniffing dogs in and around the parking lots. In addition, ground-level metered parking lots and Parking Structure 6 will remain off-limits to private vehicles. Hahn conceded con·cede v. con·ced·ed, con·ced·ing, con·cedes v.tr. 1. To acknowledge, often reluctantly, as being true, just, or proper; admit. See Synonyms at acknowledge. 2. that the new security measures are likely to inconvenience travelers, but said the steps are necessary to ensure airport security. ``For the foreseeable future, this is the way the central terminal area will be opened,'' Hahn said. ``And if we can change it at some point in time to make it more convenient and still satisfy security concerns, we will.'' In the meantime Adv. 1. in the meantime - during the intervening time; "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified" meantime, meanwhile , he urged travelers to continue using public transportation to reach LAX and patronize pa·tron·ize tr.v. pa·tron·ized, pa·tron·iz·ing, pa·tron·iz·es 1. To act as a patron to; support or sponsor. 2. To go to as a customer, especially on a regular basis. 3. a new passenger drop-off lot on Airport Boulevard. Before the terrorist strikes on the Pentagon and World Trade Center, about 100,000 vehicles a day made their way into the airport - three- quarters of which were private vehicles, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. an LAX spokesman who expects as many at 60,000 vehicles a day this weekend. Private passenger vehicles will enter the airport as they did before the closure - via Century and Sepulveda boulevards. But the 96th Street entrance remains closed to private vehicles. Barriers have been erected to direct traffic inside the central terminal area. Once inside the airport, private vehicles may be stopped and searched, said LAX Airport Police Chief Bernard Wilson. ``The random searches of vehicles are just that - they're random searches,'' he said. Wilson said that Structure 6 - LAX's newest parking lot - remains closed because it was not built when the airport underwent a blast mitigation survey. A survey is under way and once it is complete the lot may reopen re·o·pen tr. & intr.v. re·o·pened, re·o·pen·ing, re·o·pens 1. To open or be opened again: Officials reopened the airport after the snow was cleared. Schools reopen in September. to the public. The lower-level metered lots will also remain closed because of their close proximity to passenger terminals. CAPTION(S): map Map: NO CURBSIDE PICKUP OR DROP-OFF OF PASSENGERS BY PRIVATE VEHICLES Daily News |
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