MTA awards $1.97B subway contract in NYC

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Plans to carry subway service to East Harlem are getting again on observe, based on an Aug. 18 information launch from New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s workplace.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority chosen Join Plus Companions, a three way partnership of Nanuet, New York-based Halmar Worldwide and Madrid, Spain-based FCC Building, to maneuver ahead with the largest tunneling contract in company historical past, based on the discharge. The $1.97 billion award covers excavation of the brand new tunnel between 116th and a hundred and twenty fifth streets, in addition to house for the long run a hundred and twenty fifth Road Station.

Crews can even retrofit a tunnel phase constructed within the Nineteen Seventies to accommodate the long run 116th Road Station. The transfer will save the MTA about $500 million, based on the discharge.

Tunnel boring will happen 35 to 120 ft beneath Second Avenue, utilizing 750-ton machines outfitted with 22-foot diamond-studded drill heads. Join Plus Companions expects to start early preparation work later this yr, adopted by heavy civil building in 2026 and tunnel boring in 2027.

The award is the second of 4 main contracts for Phase 2 of the Second Avenue Subway expansion, which can prolong the Q line north. The enlargement will serve an extra 110,000 day by day riders and shorten East Harlem commutes by as much as 20 minutes, based on the discharge.

The JV workforce expects to finish the undertaking in September 2032.

Section 2 has a complete funds of $6.99 billion, partially funded via New York’s congestion reduction zone tolling program. In January, the MTA awarded the primary Section 2 contract, a $186.6 million deal with an AECOM and HNTB three way partnership. Scope of labor on that contract included relocation of utilities and oversight of early building.

Two extra contracts stay in procurement and design, together with station buildout at 106th Road and system fit-out work for 3 extra stations, based on the discharge.