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The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey's plan to build a $1.5 billion rail transportation system linking New York City with John F. Kennedy International Airport has come one step closer to fruition with the award of a DBOM (design-buildoperate-maintain) contract, but objections from New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani may stall the project, which has been talked about for nearly 30 years.
The PA late last month awarded a $1.035 billion DBOM contract to AirRail Transit Consortium, a joint venture of Bombardier Transportation and Skanska USA, the New York-based subsidiary of a Swedish heavy construction company. AirRail, which also includes Framingham, Mass.-based Perini Corp. and STV, Inc., has been contracted to supply an 8.4-mile, 10-station, double-track, 32-vehicle automated light rail transit system. It will carry passengers between JFK's six terminals and link the airport's Central Terminal Area to long-term parking and car rental facilities, to an intermodal hub at MTA New York City...