Oh yeah, the 7
Those of us in the planning and related fields have been all aflutter this past week since the MTA board voted for the Jets Stadium bid for the west side rail yards. Some, like the New York Times, even remembered that Bloomberg and the City promised to pay for the extension of the 7 train if the stadium was built (or even if it wasn't, maybe). One problem with this is that no one believes that the $2 billion cost estimate is realistic, and the City has not said it will pay for the entire thing including cost overruns. Another big problem with this is that no one really believes that the city can actually come up with $2 billion to pay for the subway line extension in the first place.
It would be great to have the 7 train extended further west, but the MTA is already way in over its head with future capital projects financing, and serving a potential stadium, some potential high rise and mostly expensive apartments, and north Chelsea does not seem like the highest priority when the other boroughs are the ones with seriously long commute times.
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csa | 12:26 PM |
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