7 subway line and the Long Island Rail Road. The agency that operates La Guardia, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, had received expedited federal approval of its plan to build the AirTrain between La Guardia and Willets Point, where it could have connected with the No. Hochul, as lieutenant governor in 2018, said an AirTrain would provide “easy access and options for travel for people in Manhattan and on Long Island.” Cuomo and his allies often complained that La Guardia was the only major East Coast airport without a rail link.
The two massive terminals that opened at the airport in the last few years as part of the overhaul were designed to have AirTrain stations built into them. The addition of an AirTrain, similar to one that has served Kennedy International Airport for almost 20 years, was intended to be the finishing touch on an $8 billion renovation of La Guardia. “I accept the recommendations of this report, and I look forward to its immediate implementation by the Port Authority in close coordination with our partners in the M.T.A., city and federal government,” Ms. Releasing the results of the assessment on Monday, a panel of transportation experts is recommending the less-expensive option of increasing public bus service to La Guardia and the addition of a shuttle between the airport and subway stations in northern Queens to reduce air travelers’ dependence on taxis and private cars. Hochul halted the project and ordered the review several months after taking office. Cuomo resigned in disgrace in 2021, the plan faced mounting opposition from elected officials and community groups. Cuomo, first announced the pet project in 2015, he placed the cost at $450 million. Kathy Hochul has abandoned plans to build a light-rail link to La Guardia after a review found that the project’s cost had ballooned to $2.4 billion, more than five times initial estimates. There will be no AirTrain to La Guardia Airport.
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