Finally! New York's LaGuardia Airport $4 billion facelift

Travelers to New York know the mess that LaGuardia Airport is. Disjointed terminals, awkward transfers and ugly traffic. Not only on the runways, but on the roads around them.

LaGuardia was good for its day, but that day was in 1939. Now it's a place to be avoided. That's all about the change as New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a $4 billion overhaul of the facility that's expected to be approved the first half of 2016.

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