Islip hosts developers eyeing MacArthur Airport expansion
The goal of the project is to create an upgraded air terminal that could accommodate additional flights. It also must connect the airport to the Ronkonkoma Long Island Rail Road station, north of the airport, per Islip Town’s project guidelines from April 8.
Roughly 150 representatives from interested companies — based everywhere from Seattle to Washington, D.C. — showed up at Thursday’s event at the airport, according to Islip Town spokesperson Caroline Smith. About a dozen of those have applied to be project leads, which Islip Town officials call "principals," while the others hope to assist those companies complete the initiative.