LaGuardia Airport parking rates increase Saturday, officials say
To help ease traffic congestion at LaGuardia Airport, the daily rate for parking near terminals will jump to $59 Saturday from the current $39, the Port Authority said Wednesday.
The maximum daily rate at the long-term lot, P10, will remain at $18 “as part of an ongoing holiday promotion,” the authority said in a news release.
The long-term lot will revert to its pre-Thanksgiving rate of $39 on Jan. 1.
“To mitigate roadway congestion for vehicles picking up and dropping off passengers, the first three hours of parking for customers in the hourly Parking Lot 5 are free,” the agency said.
The Port Authority said parking rates would be raised in January at some lots at Kennedy Airport — by $2 to $35 per day — and Newark Liberty Airport — by $6 to $39 a day. Long-term lots at those two airports will remain at $18 per day.
The increases are “designed to manage parking demand in [the] busiest central terminal areas,” the agency said.
LaGuardia has been experiencing traffic snarls for the past six month after work began on a $4 billion replacement for the main passenger terminal.
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Security personnel direct vehicles dropping off passengers flying out of LaGuardia Airport in Queens on Nov. 23, 2016. Credit: Charles Eckert
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