When a new Port Authority bus terminal is built, it will be in Manhattan, not New Jersey.
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The approval came after an often rancorous board meeting Thursday in which board members sparred over how much the LaGuardia project will cost and how it will be managed.
The negotiation between New Jersey, Port Authority, and Governor Andrew Cuomo ensured that the new terminal will be able to accommodate an estimated 165,000 bus commuters in 2040.
A letter CB4 sent to Port Authority executive director Pat Foye last month claimed building on the proposed site between Ninth and 11th avenues would “obliterate” Hell’s Kitchen, as residential and commercial buildings would likely be demolished.
New Jersey lawmakers and commuters alike may now rejoice as a new Port Authority bus terminal is set to be built in NY.
The Board voted to approve a resolution that not only takes New Jersey off the table as a possible location for the new terminal, a location Vice Chairman Scott Rechler had wanted to explore, and formally makes the terminal an official component of the 10-year capital program.
That idea was opposed by New Jersey lawmakers who said it would create a two-seat ride for commuters.
Under a deal announced Thursday, New York’s top appointee on the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey agreed to abandon his push to build a replacement for the 66-year-old depot next to a train station in Secaucus, New Jersey.
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The agency is now committed to financing some 400 projects, of which funding a new bus terminal is one of the most important.
