NEW YORK CITY-The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has reported that the project extending the number 7 train to the far West side is delayed, according to the New York Post. Initially slated to debut in June, the extension is now slated for delivery in late summer or early fall.
The $2.4 billion project—which is being paid for by the city—will bring the line from its current terminus at Times Square to a new station between Tenth and Eleventh avenues at west 34th street. It's a piece of the marketing puzzle for Hudson Yards, giving that project's efforts to fill space a possible wrinkle. Developers were not available for comment at presstime.
The tracks for the extension have been laid, but problems installing the station's high-rise and incline elevators are pushing back the project date, the Post reports.
Meanwhile, as expected, the East Side access project has hit a speed bump. Due to the forecasted delays, the MTA will create a steering committee to oversee the project, reports the Wall Street Journal. It will be stewarded directly by MTA chairman Thomas Prendergast.
New estimates say the total cost could reach or exceed $10 billion. The MTA's capital construction division estimates service will begin by 2021, at a final cost of $9.7 billion. However, the Federal Transit Administration estimates that the project will cost $10.3 billion overall, excluding the cost of new trains, and won't be finished until 2023, a decade later and more than $4 billion costlier than predicted when federal funding was granted in 2006, notes the Journal.
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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.
