NYC's Subway System Shows Off $7.2B Expansion

PlusNYC's Subway System Shows Off $7.2B ExpansionNYC's Subway System Shows Off $7.2B ExpansionThe Associated PressThe Metropolitan Transportation Authority in NYC took reporters underground for a look at a new tunnel expansion that will help create a rail link between Long Island and Manhattan's East Side. (July 17)New YorkA rare look at a new subway tunnel being built underground New York City.The Metropolitan Transportation Authority let reporters in briefly to video tape the new tunnel being bored 140 feet under midtown Manhattan. It's wet:NATS: splash And it's hot. NATS: bzzzzz As crews cut a hole through the solid rock that supports all the skyscrapers above. This huge boring rig has successfully drilled from the corner of 63rd St and 2nd Ave. in Manhattan through to Grand Central Station. Work on the seven point two billion dollar subway expansion will continue through two thousand fifteen. It's part of a plan to create a rail link between Long Island and Manhattan's East Side. Ted Shaffrey, The Associated Press, New York ___ ___, The Associated Press.

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[dentonscheibal3]

Between Long Island and Manhattan's east side?

i thought this was for the new T line!

damn it's no wonder the T's been taking over

30 years and counting, look at what they're wasting their

time and money with!

[bearcreme]

Its a waste of BIG public money slicing thru deep solid rock for what?...5,000 commuters?

[slicingwater]

@Alrucards The Q in uptown Manhattan?

[gmcbuses]

@janissary211 I agree, 1 of the extensions should go to Co Op city in the Bronx. Areas that are a 20 percent of a mile , or more from subway service.

[janissary211]

especially co cop city

[dreamboynyc2]

Manhattan should have a monorail. And not run by the MTA.

[gmcbuses]

I feel the East Side Access project should not of been done, all of the money should of went into funding a full lenght 2nd avenue subway with express, and local tracks, with extensions to Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx.

[G1Ravage]

If it's connecting Lexington Avenue & East 63rd Street to Grand Central Terminal, then it's the Long Island Rail Road East Side Access project.

[boredom1334]

they will go everywhere

[Rob777piano]

They better introduce the T line on 2nd Ave. It's kinda like no man's land past 2nd Ave without any trains, especially over in Yorkville.