NY/NJ Port Authority aborts airport line. (the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey discontinued plans to build a rail line to John F. Kennedy and La Guardia airports due to escalating costs)(Transit Update)(Brief Article)

From: Railway Age | Date: July 1, 1995 | Copyright information

The wave of fiscal conservatism that swept Republicans into power last fall appears to have claimed another victim. After spending several million dollars on engineering and environmental studies, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has decided that it cannot afford to build a 22-mile rail line linking Manhattan with John F. Kennedy and La Guardia airports.

To help pay for the line, the Port Authority a few years ago imposed a $3 departure tax on users of the two a...

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