Since Cuomo first announced plans to renovate the famously outdated airport in 2016, there’s been tangible progress at LaGuardia Airport, with the first new concourse and gates of Terminal B having opened in December 2018. Status: Began June 2016, expected to be completed in 2021 The Federal Railroad Administration missed its self-imposed deadline of March 30 to approve the environmental impact statement for the Hudson River rail tunnel, further delaying progress on the project.
A state of uncertainty over how New York, New Jersey and Amtrak will secure the necessary funds has persisted ever since and has led to President Donald Trump and Gov. Department of Transportation withdrew from the Gateway Development Corp., throwing the promise of funding half the project into question. Although labeled by the Obama administration as a top transportation priority in 2015, in July 2017 the U.S. The Gateway Program, which includes constructing a new rail tunnel under the Hudson River, replacing the Portal Bridge and repairing existing infrastructure, has been stalled since the beginning of the Trump administration. Status: Awaiting approval of a federal environmental impact statementĮstimated cost: $29.1 billion, of which $9.5 billion is for constructing a new tunnel and $1.8 billion is for repairing the existing tunnel Here is the latest on nine big projects that are in the works or underway. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson have been looking to transform New York’s image – both downstate and upstate – through major transit infrastructure projects. While New York City is an innovative and influential global metropolis, its aging and outdated mass transit infrastructure has not kept pace with other leading cities around the world.
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