NEW YORK CITY-So it looks like the Second Avenue subway may happen in our lifetime after all. Or at least phase one of the massive, $4.45 billion undertaking.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced Thursday that it has awarded a contract for the station finishes, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, ancillary buildings and entrances for the 86th Street station of the Second Avenue subway. The contract, valued at $208.4 million, was awarded to 86th Street Constructors Joint Venture, a JV of Schiavone Construction Co. and John P. Picone, Inc. This is the tenth and final contract to be awarded for phase one.
“We've reached the final mile marker for this legendary project and can now see the finish line for Phase 1 of the Second Avenue subway,” says Michael Horodniceanu, president of MTA capital construction, in the announcement. “This is a great milestone for the MTA and for all New Yorkers.”
The project, which will extend the Q line along Second Avenue, is the largest expansion of the subway system in generations. The subway line will have new stations at 72nd Street, 86th Street and 96th Street, and is expected to open for service in December 2016. Its large scope and several glitches—which have prompted delays and created quality-of-life issues for Upper East Side residents and businesses—during the project's construction have cast doubts over the MTA's ability to get it completed.
Groundbreaking took place in April, 2007 and then machinery that was slated to arrive six months later but construction issues delayed its deployment until May 2010, according to some previously published reports.
Currently home only to the 4,5 and 6 subway line, trains on the East Side are typically quite crowded, putting a blight on the area's appeal. Meanwhile, construction has yielded more than the promise of new transportation options. According to an earlier GlobeSt.com story, work on the long-delayed Second Avenue subway line has created 16,000 jobs, generated $842 million in wages to date and produced $2.87 billion in economic activity
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Rayna Katz
Rayna Katz is a seasoned business journalist whose extensive experience includes coverage of the lodging sector, travel and the culinary space. She was most recently content director for a business-to-business publisher, overseeing four publications. While at Meeting News, a travel trade publication, she received a Best Reporting award for a story on meeting cancellations in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.
