The second avenue subway project

The Second Avenue Subway Project is a plan for a new subway system in New York. It is a project meant to reduce traffic on Lexington Avenue to make traveling easier for people in the city and in suburban areas, as well as provide a new way of commuting for many people.

The Second Avenue Subway Project will have a two-track line on Second Ave-nue stretching from 125th Street tot eh Financial District in Manhattan. The project will be built in four phases. Phase one is expected to be completed in approximately 45 months.

Advantages The Second Avenue Subway Project will provide easier traveling for people both taking the subway, and people driving automobiles. The subway will ease up traf-fic in the city and in suburban areas. Phase one alone of the project is expected to carry over 200,000 passen-gers during weekdays. This subway will go along Second Avenue from 96th Street to 63rd Street. Commuting will be-come faster for everyone because of the reduction of traffic on the roads.

Construction for the Second Avenue Subway Project is on track as it reached a mile-stone. A boring machine broke through an existing tunnel in the subway station at Lexing-ton Avenue and 63rd Street. This milestone completes over two miles of tunnels to extend the service of the Q train from 96th Street to 63rd Street. The next milestone in the project will be to lay tracks, and install signals and communication features.

A Construction Milestone

Funding for Phase One

The Second Avenue Subway Project was awarded $197 million in funds for the first phase of the project by the Federal Transit Administra-tion. The next day, the federal government’s installment of $123 million will be coming through. This is all part of the $4.45 billion first phase of the project, which is expected to be finished in December of 2016.