Work is set to resume on the Second Avenue Subway extension after the governor allocated $54 million to restart the frozen work.
Work is set to resume on the Second Avenue Subway extension, one of the marquee projects put on ice byThe $54 million will be reallocated from the state’s discretionary capital funds for major construction work to support the relocation of underground utility lines on Second Avenue between 105th and 110th streets.
In a statement, MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber said he is “grateful” to the governor for the funding backstop, adding it “puts MTA in a position to keep the overall Second Avenue Subway Phase 2 project on schedule” for now. , that were set to be funded with revenues from the toll, many of which the MTA has admitted are less “sexy” than big expansion projects like Second Avenue.
“The assumption is that the projects funded by congestion pricing are moving forward,” said Torres-Springer. “As the governor has said, and we take her at her word, the $15 billion will be restored.”
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