Ukuthuthwa koluntu ukusuka kwisiXeko saseNew York ukuya kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya iLaGuardia kunokuba yindlela engenamthungo kwiminyaka embalwa.

I-Federal Aviation Administration ibhengeze kwiveki ephelileyo ukuba uloliwe ophakamileyo, ukubonelela ngoqhagamshelo lwemizuzu engama-30 ukusuka kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya ukuya embindini wedolophu iManhattan, kusondele kakhulu ukuqala ukwakhiwa. Iprojekthi, eya kuthi ixabise i-2 yezigidigidi zeedola, ilindele ukuvunywa ngakumbi ngabalawuli bomdibaniso, ngakumbi xa kufikwa kwimpembelelo yendalo.

Ukuba kuvunyiwe, ukwakhiwa kweprojekthi kungaqala kwihlobo elizayo kwaye uloliwe unokuba sele usebenza ngowama-2025. Nangona, nokuba imvume ye-AirTrain inikiwe, iprojekthi inokulibaziseka kukusilela kwemali ngenxa yokuvalwa kwe-COVID-19.

Okwangoku, ukuba umhambi ufuna ukuya eLaGuardia ngohambo lukawonkewonke, oko kuya kubandakanya indibaniselwano yendlela yangaphantsi kunye nokudluliselwa kwebhasi. Uhambo oluntsonkothileyo - ngakumbi isutikheyisi ekurhuqweni- sesona sizathu sokuba iipesenti ezingama-90 zabantu abaza kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya bakhethe ukhetho lwabucala, njengekhabhathi okanye inkonzo yeshatile.

Umkhondo ophakamileyo oololiwe ohamba ngaphantsi komhlaba kunye nokushukumisela abantu abazenzekelayo, ophakanyiswe yiPort Authority, ungadibanisa isikhululo seenqwelomoya nenkqubo yendlela engaphantsi komhlaba ye-NYC kunye nenethiwekhi yeLong Island Railroad. I-AirTrain iya kuba ziimayile ezili-1.5 ubude kwaye idityaniswe kwisikhululo saseWillets Point kufutshane naseCitiField, apho iiMets zaseNew York zidlala khona, kunye neZiko leTennis laseMelika, apho iU.S. Open ibanjelwe khona.