The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Board of Commissioners has approved the agency’s $9.3 billion 2024 budget, which includes $3.9 billion in operating expenses, $3.6 billion in capital expenses, and $1.8 billion for debt service and deferred expenses.
The approved budget reinvigorates the agency’s commitment to modern, secure facilities as activity and net revenues continue their recovery across Port Authority facilities following the COVID-19 pandemic. These investments prioritize a safe and seamless traveling experience, while enabling economic growth and development across the region.
The agency’s approved $3.6 billion capital budget reflects a return to pre-COVID spending levels following several years of reduced spending due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The spending will support:
Additionally, the approved budget supports agency priorities centering on safety and security, customer service and operational excellence, innovation, sustainability, and resiliency. Among other items, the funding will support:
“As we emerge from a few years of uncertainty, we’re now more certain than ever about advancing our transformational plans and our core mission: moving people and goods safely and efficiently,” said Port Authority Chairman Kevin O’Toole. “That mission is borne out in this budget with record security funding, along with billions set aside to drive forward our work rebuilding, modernizing, and enhancing our region’s transportation network.”
“With travel activity rebounding across the region, we are returning to pre-COVID spending levels and aggressively moving ahead on a multitude of substantial projects,” said Port Authority Executive Director Rick Cotton. “Everyone who makes use of Port Authority facilities, from travelers at our airports and truckers at our seaport, to bus riders and PATH passengers, will see funding set aside to improve their experience in this spending plan.”
The $3.9 billion operating budget is focused on improving customers’ day-to-day experiences at agency facilities through diligent maintenance and high-quality customer service. Growth is driven by base budget inflationary escalations of $126 million, or 3.5 percent. An additional $66 million of special purpose spending is necessary for incremental costs associated with new or expanded facilities, required security investments, new PATH system state of good repair work, and operational investments.
Automatic inflation-based adjustments are scheduled for implementation at the bridges and tunnels on Jan. 7, 2024, and at AirTrain rail systems on March 3, 2024, as established by three resolutions of the Port Authority’s Board of Commissioners (2008, 2011, 2019). From September 2022 through September 2023, the consumer price index increased 3.7 percent, which triggered an annual automatic inflation-based bridge and tunnel toll adjustment of $0.63, as well as an AirTrain fare increase of $0.25. Port Authority tolls are only one way, and these incremental adjustments will result in Port Authority tolls similar to round trip tolls of other regional systems.
Fares at PATH remain at their current level. Discount bridge and tunnel toll and AirTrain fare plans will continue to remain in effect, along with the Port Authority’s Staten Island Bridges Plan.
The agency’s 2024 budget is available online here.
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