Inglewood steps up to fix LAX soundproofing project gone wrong

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (KABC) -- An Eyewitness News story documented the trouble the Scott family was having with the city of Inglewood, who was supposed to be soundproofing their home as part of the Los Angeles International Airport Expansion Project. Instead, the city left them stuck with a job half-done and no air conditioning.

"This is going to go all the way to Westchester and beyond, so there's hundreds and hundreds of people that's going to be facing the same situation. They need to know the city of Inglewood is not helping at all," John Scott said.

Contractors had not visited their home in the 8400 block of S. Van Ness Avenue in over a week. Garbage and supplies were left strewn about, walls had been left damaged and unrepaired, and a brand new soundproof sliding glass door was installed, then cracked.

Scott says he repeatedly called the city of Inglewood to no avail and even showed Eyewitness News his outbound phone call history.

"Something has to be done... When do you say enough is enough?" he said.

That's when they notified Eyewitness News using the #ABC7Eyewitness. We gave the city of Inglewood a call, and it didn't take long after our story aired Thursday night on Eyewitness News at 6 for things to start happening, including a phone call from a member of Congress.

"We had Maxine Waters give us a call, and a few other people from the city of Inglewood gave us a call and they actually had people show up this morning and we got one thing done, which was we got air conditioning in this nice weather today," Tressy Scott said. "No more fan, no more having all the windows open. We can turn the air conditioning on, it's wonderful."

A crew is scheduled to come out first thing Monday morning, lay out a timeline for the rest of the project and get to work. The Scotts are hoping this will avoid similar troubles in the future for other families living in the LAX flight path.