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The estimated cost of the project was $341 million, and the MTA applied for $227 million in federal funds. [17] One section of the tunnel was controversial because it called for 1,500 feet (460 m) of cut-and-cover tunneling, which would require digging an open trench through Central Park in Manhattan. [18]
A tunnel cavern deep under Park Avenue, to the north of the new LIRR station, which now houses a switch. Work on the Manhattan side included building a new 8-track train station with storage tracks extending to 38th Street. [45]: 1 (PDF p. 2) [28]: 3 North of the station, the tunnels would connect to the 63rd Street Tunnel's lower level.
[291] [292] One report estimated that a complete cancellation of congestion pricing could cost the state up to $1 billion, [293] [294] while The Wall Street Journal reported that the delays had cost $700 million through the end of June 2024, including $33 million spent on hiring customer service staff. [293] [295]
Senator Ohrenstein estimated that it would cost $25 to 35 million to make the 27 stations accessible, and cost $55 million per year for the paratransit service. $30 million of the cost for paratransit service would be borne by Transit Authority revenues, $7 million would come from fares, and the remainder would come from third party payments ...
The Gateway project includes a new two-track tunnel under the Hudson from New Jersey to Manhattan and repairs to the existing rail tunnel. More federal aid lowers cost of Gateway rail tunnel ...
The 110th Street–Central Park North station was constructed for the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) as part of the city's first subway line, which was approved in 1900. Construction on the tunnel to the south of 110th Street started on August 30, and construction on the tunnel to the north started on October 2 of the same year.
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Grand Army Plaza (formerly Fifth Avenue Plaza and Central Park Plaza) is a public square at the southeast corner of Central Park in Manhattan, New York City, near the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Central Park South (59th Street). It consists of two rectangular plots on the west side of Fifth Avenue between 58th and 60th streets.