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$5 Billion for MTA Weather Improvements |
A year after Superstorm Sandy struck the east coast, the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority has allocated $5.1 billion in federal and state emergency funding to implement the most comprehensive reconstruction of MTA New York City Transit’s subways in its 110-year history. The funds are part of $7.1 billion to also replace 100 at-risk bridges, renovate roads, and provide severe weather support for city airports.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, joined by Vice President Joe Biden, announced these projects during a Jan. 7 event in Albany to unveil “Reimagining New York for a New Reality,” a $17 billion effort designed to better prepare the nation’s largest city for weather emergencies.
“The new reality in New York is we are getting hit by ‘100-year storms’ every couple of years. We have to wake up to that new reality by completely reimagining our state to be ready for any future disaster,” Cuomo said.
The subway reconstruction will comprise all facets of the system, including technologies to seal hundreds of subway and tunnel entrances and station stairways, increase pump capacity in stations and tunnels, and protect bus and train yards. It also will include consideration of projects to rebuild six under-river tubes used by one million people each day.
In other Hurricane Sandy news, DOT recently announced the availability of an additional $3 billion for public transportation systems in states impacted by the storm. FTA funds will go to projects that protect critical public transit infrastructure from being damaged or destroyed by future natural disasters. |
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