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7/28/2020
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (MTA) board last week awarded a $93.2 million contract to Tully Construction Co. Inc. to construct elevators and other accessibility features at the 149 Street-Grand Concourse and Tremont Avenue subway stations in the Bronx, New York.
MTA bundled both station projects under one construction contract and are taking advantage of lower ridership during the COVID-19 pandemic to shorten the construction schedule and lower costs, MTA officials said in a press release.
The projects include constructing three elevators at 149 Street-Grand Concourse Station and three elevators at Tremont Avenue Station, as well as reconstruction of stairs to current Americans with Disabilities Act standards.
Construction on both projects is expected to begin in three months after a preliminary design stage. Both projects will be completed by 2023.
MTA officials yesterday also announced accessibility improvements at the 86th Street and Bedford Avenue stations in Brooklyn, and First Avenue Station in Manhattan
The 86 Street Station will open later this week with two new elevators between the street, mezzanine and platform.
In early August, First Avenue Station and Bedford Avenue Station will be equipped with one new elevator each. MTA crews also expanded the mezzanine at Bedford Avenue to accommodate a new mezzanine-to-platform elevator, constructed four entrances and are rehabilitating four stairs.
“When we talk about modernizing mass transit, it’s not just about better signals and newer train cars,” said Sarah Feinberg, interim president of MTA New York City Transit. “It’s about making sure all of our customers can use the system with ease.”