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No FAA decision yet on Northeast air center locale

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A report from the U.S. Department of Transportation says no decision has yet been made on where to build a new air traffic control center that will serve the busy New York, New Jersey, and Philadelphia metro areas.

DOT's Inspector General said this week that the Federal Aviation Administration still has to make several key decisions about the new facility and about how to move forward with a broader modernization plan. The FAA plans to consolidate 49 aging air traffic facilities in the Northeast down to four at a cost of about $2.3 billion. The goal is to finish the four new facilities by 2023

A final decision on where to build the main facility, which is expected to employ more than 1,000 people, won't come before May 2013.

Sen. Charles Schumer last week said he received a commitment from the acting FAA administrator that a new $95 million facility would be built in New York, though an exact location wasn't announced.

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