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Second Avenue subway expansion into East Harlem gets $3.4 billion kick-start from Biden administration
WCBS News YorkNEW YORK -- The long-dormant second phase of the Second Avenue subway project in Manhattan is getting a kick-start from the Biden administration and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Saturday.
Q trains currently run as far north as 96th Street. But in about eight years, with the federal government's help, they will haul riders up to East Harlem, according to the MTA.
The subway expansion is expected to benefit more than 100,000 riders daily once it's finished.
"It's going towards a public transit project serving neighborhoods that have been neglected for years," said Sen. Chuck Schumer. "Ensuring East Harlem has greater access to jobs, health care and other essential services."
Q trains currently run as far north as 96th Street. But in about eight years, with the federal government's help, they will haul riders up to East Harlem, according to the MTA.
The subway expansion is expected to benefit more than 100,000 riders daily once it's finished.
"It's going towards a public transit project serving neighborhoods that have been neglected for years," said Sen. Chuck Schumer. "Ensuring East Harlem has greater access to jobs, health care and other essential services."
