One of the biggest issues that has been plaguing its Second Avenue subway extension — a pie-in-the-sky design that already saddled straphangers with millions of dollars in extra debt for oversized …
that has been plaguing its Second Avenue subway extension
A Post review of some of the agency’s planned current mega-projects uncovered at least $2.3 billion in proposed oversized or overengineered suggestions. The MTA’s record-shattering construction costs are under renewed scrutiny as the Big Apple is set to begin a controversial congestion toll that will charge drivers in Manhattan who head below 60th Street — a move that is expected to raise $15 billion for transit and railroad improvements.
By comparison, substations are as far apart as every 1.9 miles on the nearby and heavily used Ronkonkoma branch.
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