Second Avenue Subway Project To Be Delayed: MTA Report

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Second Avenue subway project has reportedly been delayed at least a year.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is releasing a review Wednesday of the project on Manhattan's East Side.

According to The New York Times, the MTA doesn't expect to finish the first segment of the project until at least July 2016.

The projected completion date has been pushed back for decades. The most recent estimate was June 2015.

The subway line would link a 1.7-mile route between 96th and 63rd streets. It eventually would stretch 8.5 miles to Lower Manhattan.

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[oiba]

this is pointless. simply pointless. causing people living in the lower east side to move out, due to high rent. NY focus on the schools before you focus on the commuters. Its not a big deal to transfer at west 4th.

[hammer109]

It seems like there are more pressing transport needs in this city. Like linking the 7 to Javits so that people can actually get to the Convention Center and surrounding locales.

The Moynahan (sp) station is also essential. And connecting the LIRR to GCT.

All bigger priorities.

[LWilkinson315]

OMG they have been talking about a 2nd Ave subway project since i was a kid back in the 1970s- 80's. LOL I find it funny because I havent lived in NYC for about a decade now and they are still talking about a 2nd Ave route. I thought it had been built by now...my goodness tell me they atleast finished fixing up the Williamsburg Bridge and The West Side Highway

[Darcman]

The second avenue subway is New York's version on the Big Dig! The Big Dig of course was that major highway construction project in Boston that took twice as long to complete as it was project and cost 4 times what it was projected to cost. I am middle aged now and they have been working on this since I was kid going to school in the Bronx! All this time and expense and the subway line being built won't do what most people think it will. When u say second avenue subway to people they immediately think that means it will run the entire length of second avenue, all the way down to the financial district in Manhattan! It won't! When it hits 42nd street the line will make a hard right and linkup with the Lexington avenue 4/5/6 trains! Anyone who is familiar with the subway in New York knows that is hardly worth the decades and billions being spent!

[DMaven]

The full plan is for it to continue down 2nd Avenue to Hanover Square in the Financial District. One aspect of the line is to have the Q train continue north from 57th street and follow the F route to Lex/63rd, then turn north again and go up 2nd. Since the current Phase One is supposed to take 8 years, and there are 4 phases total, we can expect a train capable of transporting you from 125th/2nd Ave to Hanover Square sometime around 2040.

[dagdavid]

there is not money for it. walk

[LetMeUnderstandThis]

This line has been delayed for decades, so no surprise.

[DMaven]

coco51: I take the 6 from 96th to Spring and back every day, a 2nd Avenue line would greatly alleviate the crowding and is absolutly necessary. Whenever there is an issue, whether its a sick passenger or a signal problem, that impacts ALL subway service on the Upper East Side.

JamieNYC: Tell your friend to get earplugs, blasting commences in the next week or so.

I'm wondering if it was truely necessary to cut down all the trees along the north sides of 95th & 96th Streets...

[bilditup1]

Well, we've waited a hundred years. What's another 8-10 more? I'm also unhappy with Bloomberg but what can we do?

[coco51]

A reason for a class action suit to be brought agains Bloomberg, he's misspent taxpayers money for his real estate buddies on this bs. Subway line on 2nd avenue is unnecessary, just put more buses on the route.

[jayded]

are you guys aware that new york city public high school students are not allowed to take books home that they read for english class or textbooks for that matter. could you imagine reading Huck Finn in high school but only getting access to the book during class time when you read-aloud like babies in ELEVENTH GRADE. When my little brother reminded me of this recently, the first thing that popped to mind was the new subway line, and how absurd it is that a city that can't afford to let kids take books home in high school would allot even a dime to anything extra besides this crisis.

[msnymph]

The city can't get any important project done right. Examples: Moynihan Station, Atlantic Yards, World Trade Center site. Hopefully the new MTA head will kick some butt (and prevent the Atlantic Ave. station renamed with the Barclays brand).

[joececchini]

ahh, but what about the High Line? It is downright Wondrous. And the refurbishment of Washington Square Park is splendid. Both projects were important to me, and I think they were done just right.

[nycwerewolf]

Bummer.

[bosha]

This is not surprising at all. I guess 'll just keep riding my overcrowded 6 train into work for the next 5 years. And how many business will close because of this delay?

[coco51]

the dream train won't lessen the overcrowdedness, have you seen what 1, 2, 3 & York avenues look like? there needs to be more buses on the street and the bus lane kept free. Mayor Bloomberg lacks foresight..

[sph272]

I agree with the bus lane statement. They need to be kept free.

[JamieNYC]

Restaurants out of business, sidewalks dangerously narrow, giant machines swinging tons of metal around slowly --essentially a city under construction as the people try to live within it.

Sometimes it’s just too hard to tell what’s happening - could it be incompetence, complexity or plain old corruption? Anyway you look at it, the Second Ave subway line has been going nowhere slowly for far to long.

A friend who lives on 2nd Ave by 91st put it all in perspective. While talking about how many years it had been now since they tore open the street in front of his high-rise apartment building, he told me that as far as he knew the only work done so far was the re-routing of electrical and comm lines! There was still a very long way to go.

It will get even worse when they finally make it below 86st, if they ever make it.

[coco51]

incompetence, misspent taxpayers money..

[sph272]

Am I surprised? No. Not that I was expecting a 2nd ave line while I live on the east side. The schlep to Park avenue continues...

[coco51]

a train on 2nd does not allow you access to park...take the crosstown bus you or a cab..you can afford it...

[sph272]

No, I was talking about the walk to Park Ave to catch the overcrowded 6 train. I live in the 20's, so the 6 isn't running under Lexington. Also, I'd rather save the 2.25 and walk than take the crosstown. It's always crowded and only saves me 5 minutes.