All the things that we said for years were no good with the Port Authority’s dopey LaGuardia AirTrain people mover have now been ratified by an expert panel: It goes the wrong direction, it’s too expensive to construct and it’s a really bad way to enhance the otherwise excellent rebuilt airport that Andrew Cuomo pushed through.
State officials in New York have finally slammed the door on the proposed $2.4 billion AirTrain project at LaGuardia Airport over cost concerns. The New York Times is reporting that the project was formally called off by Governor Kathy Hochul on Monday in favor of a less expensive plan.
A tour of the new Terminal C revealed a facility with high ceilings, wide corridors and floor-to-ceiling windows, offering a marked contrast to the more claustrophobic confines of the old facility.
“There’s near universal consensus that mass transit access to LaGuardia Airport has to be improved, the question remains what is the best way to do it," an official from the Port Authority said.
Construction has begun on the largest cruise terminal in North America. Located in Port Miami, and designed by Miami-based Arquitectonica, the MSC Cruises Terminal will be capable of hosting three cruise ships simultaneously as well as 36,000 daily passengers, upon its completion at the end of.