Monday, December 30, 2013
Bloomberg suggests more subways in Queens - at station opening in Manhattan
From WPIX:
The 7 train extension is expected to open in June 2014. Mayor Michael Bloomberg, city and MTA officials and developers took a ride and a tour of the site Friday.
“Today’s historic ride is yet another symbol of how New York City has become a place where big projects can get done,” said Mayor Bloomberg.
Bloomberg advocated for the project in 2006 and City Council voted to rezone an area on Manhattan’s far west side. In 2007, the city financed about $2 billion in bonds to pay for the project.
The MTA is managing the project and contractors have been working to build the extension. It runs about a mile from Times Square-42nd Street to the station at 34th Street and 11th Avenue in Manhattan.
Hudson Yards, a giant residential and commercial development, is one of the projects rising in the area.
“When we complete construction on this project next summer, the West Side will be connected to the rest of this vibrant city and will be just a train ride away,” said Dr. Michael Horodniceanu, President of MTA Capital Construction.
A second station was planned at 41st street and 10th Avenue but it was dropped from the project as costs rose. It could be built at a later date.
Initially, crews set an ambitious project completion date of December 2013. Some construction issues and the building and installation of special escalators ended up adding time to the project.
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8 comments:
What a ludicrous statement, about building in developed neighborhoods. His own man admitted that the reason no station was built at 41st and 10th was because it's already built up there. Bloomberg's NYC in a nutshell: build for and subsidize people who don't live here, and ignore everyone who already does.
Never understood why the subway ended at 179th St and Hillside Avenue rather than the City Line (circa 271st St/Langdale), when Hillside Ave is wide enough to accommodate the subway all the way to the City Line, which would extend it another 4.5 miles. It was a very big deal when I lived in that area (i.e., before Metro cards), when it was a two-fare zone and you had to pay one full fare on the bus to get to the subway, and then a second full fare on the subway.
And don't get me started on the geniuses who decided that the Clearview Expwy should end at Hillside Avenue...
When will the second avenue line be done? Its only been in progress for the last 30 years! When the MTA was first started, it was originally different railroads that were building to compete with each other. Then the city decided to take over all of them and thats the main reason why the subway is designed the way it is.
Anon No. 2:
The plan was to go to Little Neck Parkway. The city had the money to go to 179th Street. Guess what happened.
And don't get me started on the geniuses who decided that the Clearview Expwy should end at Hillside Avenue...
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From what i read, NIMBYs stopped Clearview from going much further south.
this station was a gift from our sellout governor to the investor class.So these cheap bastards can just pay 2.50 instead of paying cab fare and a tip.
sorry to digress,but the E train service to Queens during rush hour is running less frequently,but the M going there has improved,which makes it easier for the neo-newyorkers to get to their new luxury digs in LIC and difficult for the working men and women to go further east to the less attractive Jamaica.
Extend the N line or create a spur off the E/F to LGA.
Connect the G to the lines it already crisscrosses: M, 4/5, 2/3.
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