The MTA's $68 billion capital plan, unveiled last week, proposes starting construction on the Interborough Express (IBX), the potentially transformative light
, unveiled last week, proposes starting construction on the Interborough Express , the potentially transformative light rail link between Brooklyn and Queens, within this decade., the transit agency’s overarching five-year spending priorities for maintenance, renewal, and expansion, includes $2.75 billion to advance the 14-mile IBX, running from Bay Ridge, Brooklyn to Jackson Heights, Queens,
But the source of the money remains an open question. The MTA only has about half the money secured that it needs for the full plan, which also includes billions of dollars for priorities like structural repairs, railcar replacement, power system upgrades, modernization of century-old train signals, making the subway accessible for people with disabilities, and adapting the transit system to a future dominated by climate change.
Should new sources of money be found for the existing plan, they would, by extension, subtract money away from the new plan, said Rachael Fauss, a researcher at good government group Reinvent Albany who focuses on the MTA. MTA brass will present the plan this week to the agency’s board, which will vote on recommending it to the state’s Capital Program Review Board. Funding decisions are up to state lawmakers and the governor.
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