Traffic Trouble On The Road To LaGuardia

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TRAFFIC NIGHTMARE.
CONSTRUCTION EVERYWHE AND
CARS BUERO-MP.
TRAVEOI NOWHERE FAST AS
THEY TRY TO MAKE THEIR
FLIGHTS..
THE BACKUP IS SO BAD AT
LAGUARDIA THAT PEOPLE DITCHED
THEIR CARS TO WALK TO THE
AIRPORT.
THIS HOUR, THE TRAFFIC IS A
MESS.
JESSICA LAYTON IS LIVE AT
LAGUARDIA WITH WHAT IS
HAPPENING NOW. Reporter:
SLOWLY, VERY SLOWLY, THINGS DO
SEEM TO BE GETTING BETTER OUT
HERE TONIGHT.
I WANT TO BRING YOU DOWN HERE
TO GIVE YOU A CLOSER LOOK AT
THE NYPD TRAFFIC UNIT THAT HAS
BEEN HERE SINCE THIS AFTERNOON
TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT
EVERYONE CAN GET TO AND FROM
THE AIRPORT SAFELY IN THIS
MESS.
AT ONE POINT TODAY, THINGS WERE
SO BAD THIS WENT WAY BEYOND
PEOPLE BEING AFRAID THEY MISS
THEIR FLIGHT.
IT GOT DOWNRIGHT DANGEROUS.
BOOKING IT ALONG GRAND CENTRAL
PARKWAY ON FOOT WITH LUGGAGE
AND TOW.
SOME HOPPED OUT OF CARS IN
TRAFFIC JUST TO MAKE THEIR
FLIGHTS.
I AM ALREADY LATE.
I AM PROBABLY MISSING MY FLIGHT
RIGHT NOW.
Reporter: THIGUY WAS SO
FED UP WITH THE ENDLESS LINE HE
JUMPED THE HIGHWAY DIVIDER.
OTHERS HOPPED A FENCE ON THIS
FRIGID DAY. I HAVE NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE THIS. Reporter:
MOST WILL TELL YOU THEY HAVE
NEVER EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS LIKE
THIS WITH AN AIRPORT.
USUALLY IT IS BAD BUT THIS
IS AS BAD AS I HAVE SEEN IT.
NEW YORK IS A GOOD CITY BUT
THEY HAVE TO DO BETTER.
Reporter: LANE THE MADNESS
ON THE COMBINATION OF THE
ONGOING MASSIVE CONSTRUCTION
PROJECT, REBOOKING OF FLIGHTS
FROM THURSDAY'S STORM AND THE
USUAL FRIDAY RUSH TO GET OUT OF
NEW YORK.
THE AIRPORT SAYS IT HAS MORE
POLICE ON THE GROUND HELPING TO
MOVE TRAFFIC ALONG BUT BASED ON
THESE FRUSTRATED AND TIRED
FACES, IT DOES NOT SEEM TO BE
HELPING MUCH. Reporter: JUST
TO GIVE YOU MORE CONTEXT ABOUT
HOW BAD THIS HAS BEEN, WHERE WE
ARE RIGHT NOW IS LESS THAN A
HALF A MILE FROM CENTRAL
TERMINAL.
WE DROVE THERE AROUND 6:30 PM.
IT TOOK US MORE THAN AN HOUR.
RIGHT NOW, I AM GUESSING THAT
IS CUT DOWN TO ABOUT 20
MINUTES.
I JUST SPOKE WITH AN AIRPORT
EMPLOYEE WHO SAID SO MANY
PEOPLE MISSED THEIR FLIGHTS
THAT THEY HAVE TO BE REBOOKED
FOR TOMORROW.
WHO KNOWS WHAT THE WEEKEND WILL
BRING HERE.
THAT IS THE LATEST.
LIVE FROM LAGUARDIA AIRPORT,

Traffic Trouble On The Road To LaGuardia

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