The move comes more than a year after Gov. Kathy Hochul announced she would review the original proposal — which was a pet project of disgraced ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo — amid widespread op…
The Port Authority on Monday officially killed its plans to build a “backwards” AirTrain linking LaGuardia Airport to Willets Point, instead opting to spend $500 million on improved bus service from the airport to nearby subway stations.announced she would review the original proposal
Officials have sought to improve transit links to the airport for years, efforts that gained new urgency as the Port Authority spent billions of dollars to replace LaGuardia’s decrepit old facilities with two gleaming new terminals. Additionally, the experts hired by the Port Authority to craft the plan recommended the creation of a second high-frequency bus line to serve the airport from the Ditmars Boulevard Station at the end of the subway system’s elevated Astoria line.This new proposal would also fund major renovations at the elevated station, including the installation of elevators and escalators to make it accessible for the handicapped.
Secondly, the tunnel would potentially have to be 200 feet deep to avoid running into airport utilities and the massive century-old sewage lines that feed the Bowery Bay water treatment plant, which sits near the airport.
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Port Authority opts for bus improvements to LaGaurdia as panel officially kills Cuomo’s AirTrain ideaThe project comes more than 17 months after Gov. Kathy Hochul paused work on her predecessor’s plan for a rail link from Willets Point in Queens.
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Port Authority opts for bus improvements to LaGuardia as panel officially kills Cuomo’s AirTrain ideaThe project comes more than 17 months after Gov. Kathy Hochul paused work on her predecessor’s plan for a rail link from Willets Point in Queens.
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LaGuardia AirTrain proposal officially canned by Port Authority, suggests airport shuttle bus instead | amNewYorkThe Port Authority on Monday hammered the final nail in the coffin of the controversial proposal to build an AirTrain to LaGuardia Airport.
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Gov. Hochul ends project to create AirTrain to LaGuardia AirportInstead, a panel of transportation experts is recommending increasing public bus service to LaGuardia Airport and then adding a shuttle bus between Queens subway stations and the airport.
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