New York subway extension ’90% complete’

A $2.4 billion extension to one of New York’s busiest subway lines is now 90 per cent complete – six years since construction first started.

The city’s transport authority, MTA, believes that the 7 Line Extension, which includes a new station at 34th/11th Avenue, will accelerate development on the west side of Manhattan.

Work began on the two-kilometre twin-bored tunnels in 2007.

The new subway section will extend the IRT Flushing Line from Times Square out towards the site of the proposed Hudson Yards development.




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