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NEWARK LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TAKES MAJOR
STEP TO PREPARE FOR AIR PASSENGER GROWTH The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Board of Commissioners has approved nearly $280
million to modernise Terminal B and related
facilities at Newark Liberty International Airport.
This program will enable the airport to accommodate
a projected increase in air passengers within the
next 15 years. Long-range forecasts indicate that
air traffic will continue to grow at the airport
and reach 45 million annual air passengers by 2021.
The airport currently serves approximately 32
million annual passengers. Improvements will be made to provide for
additional ticketing areas, expansion of the
existing ticketing areas, passenger screening
points and the construction of a new domestic
baggage claim area, which will allow greater
efficiency for the screening process and baggage
handling. The Port Authority expects to begin the
planning and design in 2005. Port Authority
Chairman Anthony R. Coscia said: "Among the many
things we have delivered to our customers are two
new parking garages, AirTrain Newark, three
enhanced and expanded terminals, new cargo
facilities, roadway improvements that create better
access for vehicles, and runway improvements that
increase efficiency for aircraft. Thoughtful
planning today will lead to great improvements
tomorrow at Newark Liberty International Airport,
enabling us to be prepared to meet projected
passenger growth in the future." Port Authority Executive Director Kenneth J.
Ringler Jr. said: "This project will complement the
$3.8 billion we have already invested in our
airport redevelopment program to enhance and
improve operations and services at Newark Liberty
International Airport. Over the last 10 years, the
Port Authority has invested approximately $15
billion at all of our airports in an effort to
bring our customers the best in world-class
service." For more information contact: Abby Smith or
Frances Knox on 020 7287 0652 or email
abby@keenepa.co.uk § The Port Authority of New York and New
Jersey operates some of the busiest and most
important transportation links in the region. They
include John F. Kennedy International, Newark
Liberty International, LaGuardia and Teterboro
airports; the George Washington Bridge; the Lincoln
and Holland tunnels; the three bridges between
Staten Island and New Jersey; the PATH
rapid-transit system; the Downtown Manhattan
Heliport; Port Newark; the Elizabeth-Port Authority
Marine Terminal; the Howland Hook Marine Terminal
on Staten Island; the Brooklyn Piers/Red Hook
Container Terminal; and the Port Authority Bus
Terminal in midtown Manhattan. The agency owns the
16-acre World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan.
The Port Authority is financially self-supporting
and receives no tax revenue from either state. |
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