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January 29, 2020
MTA Releases Schedule of $8.8 Billion in Committed Work to Begin Construction in 2020 From Prior Capital Plans
Subway Station Accessibility Projects and Metro-North to Penn Station Access Lead Dramatic Increase in Pace of MTA Construction Activity Coinciding with Start of Record 2020-2024 Capital Program MTA Construction & Development Leveraging Construction Bundling to Deliver Major Projects Faster, Better and More Cost Effectively View the New Schedule for MTA Planned Commitments Here (PDF) and Here (Excel) The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) today released a schedule of ongoing construction projects from the 2010-14 and 2015-19 capital plans slated to begin in 2020 and 2021. The announcement underscores the pace at which MTA construction work is ramping up on these programs at the same time that work is commencing under the record $51.5 billion 2020-24 Capital Program. The schedule, which MTA Chief Development Officer Janno Lieber presented at the MTA Board meeting last week, was submitted to the legislature as MTA executives testified at a joint budget hearing of the New York Senate and Assembly yesterday. “From day one my staff and I have been laser focused on getting projects scheduled, and delivering those projects better, faster and cheaper,” said MTA Chief Development Officer Janno Lieber. “We have a very aggressive schedule for 2020, and anticipate we will have committed more than 90% of funds from past capital programs by the end of this calendar year.” The MTA anticipates committing $6.5 billion worth of prior plan capital program work in 2020 and $2.3 billion in 2021, which will effectively exhaust all resources from the 2010-14 and 2015-19 plans. These efforts will continue major priority efforts for the MTA, including signal modernization, new rolling stock and track repair work, increasing access and capacity at Penn Station, and key investments in ADA accessibility projects across the system The full quarter-by-quarter schedule can be found here (PDF) and here (excel). Major commitments scheduled for 2020 include: 2020 First Quarter: $964.3 million Signal modernization on Line Penn Station-33 St Corridor, Phase 1 ADA accessibility at Livonia Av Metro-North Harlem River Bridge 2020 Second Quarter: $2,546.2 million Penn Station-33^rd Street Corridor, Phase 2 ADA accessibility at four stations in the Bronx 149 St-Grand Concourse 149 St-Grand Concourse Tremont Av Westchester Square-East Tremont Av. Elevator and escalator improvements at 11 stations Infrastructure repairs on the line in Brooklyn New Elmont LIRR station New rolling stock LIRR train cars and service locomotives Work hybrid locomotives for NYCT Improvements to overhead rail power wires in western Queens in support of East Side Access and regional rail 2020 Third Quarter: $1,670.5 million ADA accessibility at six stations: 6 Av 8 Av (southbound) 14 St 14 St Queensboro Plaza Woodhaven Blvd Structural repairs on the Line, including renewals at seven stations Sandy Repairs: rehabilitation of Line's East River Tunnel (Rutgers Tube) LIRR signal modernization, Babylon to Patchogue Four station renewals on the Line 2020 Fourth Quarter: $1,323.9 million Metro-North Penn Station Access ADA accessibility at three stations 68 St-Hunter College Bay Ridge-95 St Court Square New substation at Canal St / 8 Av Second Avenue Subway Phase II (initial commitment) 45 new electric buses and electrification of six bus depots Sandy resiliency at West Side Yard and East River Tunnel 2021: $2,293.3 million Second Avenue Subway Phase II: Civil Work for new stations at 106^th, 116^th and 125^th Streets Purchase 25 standard buses Planning for Metro-North Harlem Line Third Track LIRR Jamaica Capacity Improvements design support Sandy Mitigation: Long Island City Yard Perimeter Protection

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MTA Releases Schedule of $8.8 Billion in Committed Work to Begin Construction in 2020 From Prior Capital Plans