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2/28/2020
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) yesterday announced the core accessibility, resignaling and system expansion projects scheduled to begin in 2020.
The projects are included in the MTA's 2020-2040 capital program, as well as some prior programs.
For first-quarter 2020, the MTA awarded $2.4 billion for projects, including signal modernization on the Eighth Avenue MTA New York City Transit (NYCT) subway line; Phase 1 of the Penn Station-33rd Street Corridor project; accessibility improvements at Livonia Avenue Station; and construction of a third track on the MTA Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), MTA officials said in a press release.
For the second quarter, MTA committed $2.8 billion for Phase 2 of the Penn Station-33rd Street Corridor project; overhead rail power improvements; accessibility improvements at 149th Street-Grand Concourse, Tremont Avenue and Westchester Square-East Tremont Avenue stations; elevator and escalator improvements at 11 stations; infrastructure repairs; communication network upgrades; the purchase of new rolling stock and hybrid locomotives; and station and signaling system upgrades on the LIRR.
In the third quarter, MTA will award $4 billion for accessibility improvements at 30 stations; repairs at 10 stations; rehabilitation of the 6 Avenue Line’s East River tunnel; LIRR signal modernization; and the replacement of two LIRR bridges.
MTA will commit $4.3 billion in the fourth quarter for the MTA Metro-North Railroad Penn Station access project; Phase 2 of the Second Avenue subway project; accessibility improvements at four stations; infrastructure improvements, including signal modernization; substation construction; and storm resilience projects.
To view a list of MTA’s commitments from the 2020-2040 capital program, click here.