The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is launching a Request for Proposals for preliminary engineering and design for the $10 billion redevelopment of John F. Kennedy International (JFK).
The revamp of JFK was first proposed in January as part of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s effort to usher in roughly $100 billion of infrastructure projects throughout the state.
The chosen firm will follow the blueprint laid out in the Cuomo’s “Vision Plan” that reimagines the airport’s terminals, roadways, AirTrain, parking, cargo facilities, airside and aeronautical improvements, and support infrastructure.
“JFK International Airport is an international gateway to New York and a powerful economic engine with the potential to grow even stronger,” Cuomo said. “By enhancing capacity, improving access and creating a unified framework for one of the nation’s largest international airports, the new JFK Airport will be a center of economic activity and a world-class airport of the caliber that New York deserves.”
Key elements of the Vision Plan include improved road access to the airport and expanded rail mass transit, state-of-the-art security technology within terminals and advance efforts to overall enhance airport security.
The massive undertaking is expected to move forward “within the framework of a terminal configuration that’s more unified and makes it easier for passengers to connect between terminals,” the governor’s office said in a statement.
For terminals specifically, the vision calls for expanding newer terminals and redeveloping and relocating older ones. As the new terminals expand, they will be designed to connect to neighboring terminals as much as possible, Cuomo’s statement noted. As older terminals are rebuilt and redeveloped, the planning will take into account the vision of a unified airport.
The governor’s office said the new facilities will be constructed with a goal of 30 percent participation of minority- and women-owned business enterprises.
