Update on MTA Mega Projects Presentation to the Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee Michael Horodniceanu, President MTA Capital Construction Project Profile Create a Great Public Space Improve transit interconnectivity and access to Lower Manhattan z 1, 4/5, A/C, 2/3, J/Z, E, R z World Trade Center Site z PATH Train z World Financial Center and Ferries Budget: $1.4 B Completion: June 2014 Corbin Building way d a o r Fu B lton Str eet Electronic Digital Wi-Fi Information Digital Advertising Information Kiosk No. 7 Extension – Transit Oriented Development in Manhattan’s Far West Side Project Profile Will extend No. 7 subway 1.5 miles to a new station at 34th Street and 11th Avenue Budget: $2.15 B Completion: December 2013 New tunnels completed Systems and finishes contract awarded in August - Final contract needed for revenue service All underground structural work to be completed by Oct. 31st 19 Benefits Introduce subway service to an emerging mixed-use community in Midtown West, fostering transit oriented development in one of Manhattan's most underserved and underdeveloped areas State-of-the-art, ADA accessible station at 34th Street & 11th Avenue Will serve 50,000 daily customers No.No. ALIGNMENTALIGNMENT 34th Street Station 7 West Extension – through Hudson Yards Redevelopment Area 34TH STREET STATION – MEZZANINE LEVEL VIEW LOOKING NORTH VICINITY OF E2 34TH STREET STATION – P1 PLATFORM CONSTRUCTION CC2 SOUTH INTERLOCK LOOKING NORTHWEST Second Avenue Subway Phase 1 – Relieving Congestion and Connecting the Midtown and Financial Business Districts Second Avenue Subway – Project Profile Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 1 125th to 96th 96th to 63rd 63rd to Houston Phase 4 63rd St. Station Houston to Hanover 8.5 Route miles 16 new stations 1 renovated station 2 services, linked to existing line Budget: $4.451 B Completion: Dec 2016 The densest population in the US Manhattan Population Density 211 census tracts of over 100,000 residents/sq. mi. in N.Y.C. Only 3 other census tracts with this density in the US – Los Angeles, San Francisco and Boston And 3 other tracts which are prisons: San Quentin in Marin County Ca. , Maryland Penitentiary in Baltimore and Trenton State Prison. Benefits Reduce overcrowding and delays on Lexington Avenue line z The Lexington Avenue Line is so crowded that by itself it carries more people than the entire subway system of Chicago z When completed, Phase 1 of SAS projected to carry over 200,000 weekday riders on opening day Provide more transit choices for over 635,000 residents and 1.2 million workers on the East Side Strengthen connection between midtown and lower Manhattan business districts Tunneling completed September 22 Technical Challenges - What does it take to support this? A City UnderA City a CityBeneath the City 80,500 miles of electrical cable 6,200 miles of water mains 4,200 miles of gas mains 7,400 miles of sewer lines Over 100 miles of steam mains and service pipes-- the world’s largest underground network ChallengesChallenges Community Impacts SAS currently on schedule, but community impacts regularly raise concerns despite on-going mitigations z Muck houses, noise, dust, odors, impacts on existing businesses z Mitigations: air quality monitoring, insulation of muck houses to both contain noise and reduce emissions, promoting Second Ave. Businesses East Side Access – Long Island’s One Seat Ride to Grand Central Terminal East Side Access - Need Long Island Rail Road cannot meet the needs of Long Island, the nation’s third largest city, or the needs of Manhattan’s midtown economic center for workers z Serves 301,000 customers per weekday, busiest commuter rail in country Penn Station is LIRR’s only terminal in Manhattan z North America’s busiest train station; operations shared with NJ Transit & Amtrak for total of 61 trains in the station during peak hours z Overcrowded; approximately 230,000 LIRR passengers at Penn each weekday z No capacity for increasing service; Station, tunnel and yard infrastructure limitations Almost 50% of LIRR customers would be better served by an LIRR terminal on Manhattan’s East Side Constructing new infrastructure for ESA will allow for increased train service between Long Island/Queens and Midtown Manhattan East Side Access Benefits First Expansion of LIRR in over 100 years Increases East River tunnel capacity by over 50% Supports job growth in area surrounding Grand Central Terminal Relieves congestion at Penn Station Saves thousands of East Side-bound commuters 30 to 40 minutes per day Will serve approximately 160,000 customers per day Vanderbilt Park Avenue Avenue MNR Upper Level street entrance MNR Lower Level Concourse Caverns 140’-0” 2 Caverns 8 Tracks Upper Level Lower Level East Side Access presented a different set of challenges. In Queens, the simple question is how do you get from here to there? THERE By tunneling under an existing subway and elevated rail line By tunneling under an active rail storage yard By tunneling under Harold Interlocking, the busiest railway interchange anywhere in the country HERE Northern Crossi Blvd. n g Queens Bored Tunnels Mid-Day S torag e TBM Launch Yard Wall H o n e y Sunnyside w el l Yard S t Track A Track D 3 Track 9 B/C t h S t Track YL Mining Pro g res s ChallengesChallenges Financial Only the first 2 years of the MTA 2010 – 2014 Capital Program have been funded z $3.467 billion for East Side Access and Second Avenue Subway needed in 2012-14 to complete the job Innovative $2.2B RRIF loan opens door to realign financing strategy to reflect long life of mega projects and economic reality Would be complemented by $4.7B in MTA revenue bonds Challenges Schedule ESA schedule and cost being re-baselined due to East River Tunnel upgrades z Evaluating impact of Amtrak’s recently announced Total Track Replacement program for the East River Tunnels.