[CityGuy87]

Originally Posted by CIA

I'm all smiles!!! The newspaper reports give such a weak account of what actually happened yesterday.

-International Design Competition, for a new bus terminal one block west of current structure, between 9th and 11th avenues. Participants in the design competition are encouraged to suggest alternative sites for a different PABT if their analysis determines that the current site is not optimal.

-Issue a RFP for an outside consultant to perform a trans-Hudson commuting capacity study over the next 30 years, including commuting patterns after arrival in Manhattan.

-Each design that is submitted must include cost of construction, estimated operating costs, and revenue from potential construction above the new terminal site, and on the site of the existing terminal, for commercial and residential development. Revenue from potential development could cover 2/3rd of the construction costs.

-Continue to solicit comments from the public and government agencies.

-Select design concept no later than September 2016 meeting.

The Port Authority is actually getting something done for once!