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After nearly a decade of reviewing plans, scratching them and then drawing up more, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has finally zeroed in on a single design for a new Port Authority Bus Terminal.
The plan would demolish the existing terminal and construct a new one in the same location, build an additional facility on the west side of Ninth Avenue for bus storage and to serve commuters while the new terminal is built, construct new ramps and include new private developments on the property to help pay for the proposal.
Construction of the two bus facilities is estimated to take eight years and would have a target completion date of 2031. Officials did not provide a cost estimate, but the planning documents indicate that this proposal is substantially more expensive than the original build-in-place idea pitched more than a year ago.
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The bus terminal was built in the 1950s and designed to serve one fourth of the riders it sees today. (Getty)
After years of being ridiculed as “hell on earth,” the Port Authority Bus Terminal will be torn down and rebuilt with street-facing retail, green space and several nearby towers.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced Thursday it will raze its 70-year-old facility to construct a five-story, 2 million-square-foot building on the same Midtown site.
The agency, which considered 30 options for the project over seven years, will keep buses running during the construction by first building a bus storage facility next to the existing terminal.
NEW YORK (AP) New York City’s main bus terminal, long ridiculed for leaky ceilings, dirty bathrooms and frequent delays, could be in for a major overhaul.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey unveiled a proposal Thursday to rebuild and expand the embattled midtown Manhattan bus terminal.
“Everyone knows the bus terminal. Very few have anything good to say about it,” Port Authority Executive Director Rick Cotton said. “It is way past time that this building be replaced.”
The new station would be built on top of the existing one, with sleek, glass-walled entrances and added infrastructure to accommodate more buses. Ramps that stretch across several blocks would be moved, and a storage building would be built to keep empty buses off the streets.
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FILE â In this Mach 19, 2015 file photo, two men sleep on the floor of the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York. New York City s main bus terminal, long ridiculed for leaky ceilings, dirty bathrooms and frequent delays, could be in for a major overhaul. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey unveiled a plan Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, to rebuild and expand the embattled midtown Manhattan bus terminal. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) January 22, 2021 - 8:20 AM
New York Cityâs main bus terminal, long ridiculed for leaky ceilings, dirty bathrooms and frequent delays, could be in for a major overhaul.