{"id":17965,"date":"2021-03-15T20:24:32","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T20:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=17965"},"modified":"2021-03-15T20:24:34","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T20:24:34","slug":"faa-releases-laguardia-airtrain-final-environmental-impact-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/new-york\/faa-releases-laguardia-airtrain-final-environmental-impact-statement\/%20","title":{"rendered":"FAA Releases LaGuardia AirTrain Final Environmental Impact Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lgaaccesseis.com\/\">Final Environmental Impact Statement<\/a> (FEIS) for the LaGuardia Airport Access Improvement Project (AirTrain). The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is proposing to construct a rail system to provide a reliable transit option for air travelers and employees at LaGuardia Airport (LGA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The FAA prepared the FEIS because the Port Authority plans\nto request funding for the AirTrain through the Passenger Facility Charge\nprogram. The program allows for the collection of fees added to passenger\ntickets, with those proceeds being used on certain qualifying airport projects,\nsubject to FAA approval. Eighteen different federal, state and local agencies\nhave provided input throughout the EIS process based on their expertise and\nauthorities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The AirTrain involves construction of an approximately two\nmile long elevated rail system with three stations: two on airport and one off\nairport. The stations connect with the New York City Transit Subway 7 Line and\nthe Long Island Rail Road Port Washington Branch at Mets-Willets Point. There\nwill also be passenger walkways connecting to the LGA Central Hall, which\nprovides access to Terminal B and C, parking garages, public transportation,\nand ground transportation facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The FAA prepared the FEIS in accordance with the National\nEnvironmental Policy Act of 1969 which requires the FAA to identify and\ndisclose the potential environmental impacts of the proposed project. The\nagency looked at 47 alternatives, more than half of which were identified by\nthe public during scoping for the EIS. The alternatives were evaluated to see\nif they met the purpose and need of the proposed action and if they would be\nreasonable to construct and operate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The AirTrain Draft Environmental Impact Statement was\nreleased for public review in August 2020 and the FAA held two virtual public\nworkshops and three virtual public hearings in September 2020. The meetings had\na combined viewership of over 18,000 people and the public provided over 4,200\ncomments.&nbsp; The FEIS contains responses to\nthe comments received.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The agency will publish its Record of Decision after 30\ndays. If the FAA approves the project, construction of the AirTrain is expected\nto begin in June 2021 and be completed in December 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the LaGuardia Airport Access Improvement Project (AirTrain). The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is proposing to construct a rail system to provide a reliable transit option for air travelers and employees at LaGuardia Airport (LGA). The FAA prepared the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-york"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17965"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17966,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17965\/revisions\/17966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}