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2021 will be a special Valentine’s Day for a wife and husband from Indiana, and it’s thanks to a team of Port Authority police officers at Newark Airport in New Jersey, authorities say. (Photo courtesy of the Port Authority of NY/NJ)
NEWARK, NJ 2021 will be a special Valentine s Day for a wife and husband from Indiana, and it s largely thanks to Port Authority police officers at Newark Airport in New Jersey, authorities say.
On Sunday, Lisa and Michael Kirby are expected to fly back home after Lisa suffered a harrowing medical episode at the airport in January. But before they do, the pair plan to meet with the public safety workers who helped to save her life.
Despite this step forward, the long-anticipated project and others in the Port Authority’s 10-year capital plan could be negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has decimated revenues from the authority’s airports, trains and bridge and tunnel crossings.
In an indication of what’s to come, the Port Authority board approved the reallocation of about $200 million on Thursday. Those funds will be redirected from ongoing, large-scale redevelopment of the terminals and taxiways at JFK Airport to standalone projects such as an electrical substation that will be needed whether or not the bigger projects are funded.
The coronavirus-related revenue shortfall will have “dire consequences” for the authority’s capital projects by next year if significant federal aid isn’t forthcoming, Executive Director Rick Cotton said in a statement Thursday.