Photo Courtesy of Marc Hermann/MTA NYC Transit
By Michael V. Cusenza
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority recently released a schedule of ongoing construction projects from the 2010-2014 and 2015-19 capital plans slated to begin in 2020 and 2021.
According to the embattled agency, the announcement “underscores the pace at which MTA construction work is ramping up on these programs” at the same time that work is commencing under the record $51.5 billion 2020-2024 Capital Program. The schedule, which MTA Chief Development Officer Janno Lieber presented at the MTA Board meeting last month, was submitted to the State Legislature as MTA executives testified at a joint budget hearing of the State Senate and Assembly last Tuesday.
The MTA indicated that it anticipates committing $6.5 billion worth of prior plan capital program work in 2020 and $2.3 billion in 2021, which will effectively exhaust all resources from the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 plans. These will continue major priority efforts for the agency, including signal modernization, new rolling stock and track repair work, increasing access and capacity at Penn Station, and investments in sorely needed ADA accessibility projects across the system.
Major commitments scheduled for this year include:
2020 First Quarter: $964.3 million
Signal modernization on A,C,E Line
Penn Station-33 St Corridor, Phase 1
ADA accessibility at Livonia Av L Line
Metro-North Harlem River Bridge
2020 Second Quarter: $2,546,200,000
Penn Station-33rd Street Corridor, Phase 2
ADA accessibility at four stations in the Bronx
149 St-Grand Concourse 4 Line
149 St-Grand Concourse 2, 5 Line
Tremont Av B, D Line
Westchester Square-East Tremont Av. 6 Line
Elevator and escalator improvements at 11 stations
Infrastructure repairs on the 2,3,4,5 Line in Brooklyn
New Elmont LIRR station
New rolling stock
LIRR train cars and service locomotives
Work hybrid locomotives for NYCT
Improvements to overhead rail power wires in western Queens in support of East Side Access and regional rail
2020 Third Quarter: $1,670,500,000
ADA accessibility at six stations:
6 Av L Line
8 Av N Line(southbound)
14 St F,M Line
14 St 1,2,3 Line
Queensboro Plaza 7,N,W lines
Woodhaven Blvd J,Z Line
Structural repairs on the 7 Line, including renewals at seven stations
Sandy Repairs: rehabilitation of F Line’s East River Tunnel (Rutgers Tube)
LIRR signal modernization, Babylon to Patchogue
Four station renewals on the J,Z Line
2020 Fourth Quarter: $1,323.9 million
Metro-North Penn Station Access
ADA accessibility at three stations
68 St-Hunter College 6 Line
Bay Ridge-95 St R Line
Court Square G Line
New substation at Canal St / 8 Av
Second Avenue Subway Phase II (initial commitment)
45 new electric buses and electrification of six bus depots
Sandy resiliency at West Side Yard and East River Tunnel
2021: $2,293,300,000
Second Avenue Subway Phase II: Civil Work for new stations at 106th, 116th and 125th Streets
Purchase 25 standard buses
Planning for Metro-North Harlem Line Third Track
LIRR Jamaica Capacity Improvements design support
Sandy Mitigation: Long Island City Yard Perimeter Protection
“We have a very aggressive schedule for 2020, and anticipate we will have committed more than 90 percent of funds from past capital programs by the end of this calendar year,” Lieber added.
