Pete Donohue from the NY Daily News is reporting that the first segment of the second avenue subway could be delayed at least four years. From the article, “The feds have “provided the MTA with a time period that is more than reasonable” regional administrator Brigid Hynes-Cherin wrote to the MTA in November. “Unfortunately, the MTA appears to have been caught up in a never-ending process of evaluating and reevaluating each program. The time for evaluation has taken far too long, and the time for presenting a recovery plan is now long overdue.” In the letter, Hynes-Cherin also complained about a “lack of leadership” when the MTA “took an excessive amount of time” to fill top-level vacancies in the capital construction division, including the presidency.”
Most railfans believe we will never see the second avenue subway in our lifetimes. I agree. It’s amazing that the MTA can go from a mega budget surplus to a “doomsday” scenario in less than two years. I’d love to run the MTA for a year even if they don’t pay me – things would be fixed.
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