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Happened as dated, per the source: "Work began on May 29, 2025, when a groundbreaking ceremony for a temporary terminal on Dyer Avenue between 37th and 39th streets was hosted." Completion: Port Authority release, 27 Apr 2026 (first steel for the Dyer Avenue deck-overs): "Phase 1 will be complete in 2030, when construction of the second phase will begin. Phase 2, including the demolition of the existing terminal and the construction of a new bus terminal in the same location, will be complete in 2035." Cost: ABC7 (15 Oct 2026) and NY1[3][8] (23 Oct 2026) report an $11 billion project; the $10 billion figure was the May 2025 groundbreaking estimate.
Whole replacement programme; Gothamist notes it is a minimum and not fully funded. Pin covers the temporary-terminal groundbreaking, which is part of it; no phase figure found.[1]
Oct 2026: construction under way on an $11 billion terminal, deck-overs, Garcia on the result, completion 2035[1]
Oct 2026: $11 billion project, Lincoln Tunnel ramp removal and rerouting, Phase 1 by end of 2030 and terminal in 2035[1]
Oct 2026: traffic disruptions and Midtown commuter and resident reactions[1]
Approximately 6,000 construction jobs across the replacement project; not operating staffing.
“approximately 6,000 good-paying union construction jobs”
2.1 million sq ft main terminal; separate staging/storage building excluded from that figure.
“2.1 million square-foot main terminal”
18 May 2026 construction-management announcement; not asserted as the first day of physical work.
“provide construction management (CM) services for Phase 1”
900,000 sq ft interim facility transitions into bus staging/storage in later phases.
“900,000-square-foot interim facility”
Federal and city approvals secured
“Record of Decision Issued Today”
Groundbreaking: phase one (Dyer Avenue deck-overs, temporary terminal) begins
“Phase one of the project is now underway”
First steel beams placed for the Dyer Avenue deck-overs
“announced that placement of the first steel beams to support the Dyer Avenue deck overs has begun”
First-phase construction-management appointment reported
“provide construction management (CM) services for Phase 1”
Lincoln Tunnel ramp removal begins; buses rerouted
“Crews have begun removing ramps that carry buses from the Lincoln Tunnel into the 75-year-old terminal”
Estimated: Phase 1 complete
“Phase 1 is expected to be completed by the end of 2030, with the new bus terminal scheduled for completion in 2035.”
Estimated: new bus terminal complete
“Completion is set for 2035.”
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The existing Port Authority Bus Terminal, the busiest bus terminal in the world by volume, has reached peak-hour capacity, causing congestion and overflow onto local streets, and it has no layover parking, so buses wait on local streets, in lots or in tunnels.
How: Rebuild the terminal on the same site with layover facilities, after first building a temporary terminal on Dyer Avenue.
For: The roughly 225,000 people and 8,000 buses using the terminal on an average weekday.
Planned design figure · 2.1M sq ft main terminal; excludes staging/storage building; 3.5 acres of publicly accessible green space on Port Authority property at project end.
