NEW YORK — The agency that operates New York’s LaGuardia Airport on Thursday selected a team to build a new main terminal.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s board of commissioners voted to select LaGuardia Gateway Partners to replace the airport’s aging Terminal B, which dates to 1964.

The project includes developer Skanska USA Inc., architecture and engineering company HOK and financial firms Morgan Stanley and Citigroup Inc. The work is expected to be completed by 2021 at a cost of $3.6 billion, according to the Port Authority’s capital plan.

Critics have compared the rundown airport to some in developing nations.

Construction will be funded by a public-private partnership, with the private sector contributing more than $2 billion and the Port Authority more than $1 billion.

The Port Authority must combine its design for the terminal with recommendations from plans backed by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.


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