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| DATE | 2009-03-20 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] MTA getting ready for the next crisis in 2010
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VH1 -- Can you believe this!
Transportation planners have compiled a wish list of projects they say
are needed to support the region's growth over the next 25 years.
The findings were presented Thursday at the annual meeting of the New
York Metropolitan Transportation Council, a coalition of government
agencies and major transportation providers, including the MTA, Port
Authority and city and state DOTs.
The list of projects include completion of the Fulton Street Transit
Center in lower Manhattan, a 10th Avenue station on the 7 line extension
to the far West Side, bringing Metro-North trains into Penn Station and
a train connecting lower Manhattan to JFK Airport.
Officials say the biggest obstacle to getting the projects built is
funding.
"We estimate that it will cost in the range of $50 to $60 billion to
complete these investments. Here's the problem, we've only identified $5
billion in available funds," said Joel Ettinger, New York Metropolitan
Transportation Council.
The group also reiterated its support for four major projects already
underway, including the Second Avenue Subway, the Long Island Rail Road
link to Grand Central, the 7 line extension, and a new Hudson River rail
tunnel.
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