Second Avenue Subway (SAS)

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The Second Avenue Subway (SAS) is a rapid transit subway line, part of the New York City Subway system, currently under construction underneath Second Avenue in the borough of Manhattan.

A plan for more than 75 years, the Second Avenue Subway tunnelling contract was awarded to the consortium of Schiavone/Shea/Skanska by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) on March 20, 2007. This followed preliminary engineering and a final tunnel design completed by a joint venture between DMJM Harris and Arup. This contract, and the full funding grant agreement with the Federal Transit Administration which was received in November 2007, for Phase I of the project, which is an extension of the Q subway line from its current terminus at the 57th Street – 7th Avenue station to 96th Street and 2nd Avenue. The total cost of the 8.5 mile line is expected to be over $17 billion.

A ceremonial ground-breaking for the Second Avenue Subway was held on April 12, 2007 and the contractor prepared the initial construction site at 96th Street on April 23, 2007. A tunnel boring machine is on order and was originally expected to arrive six to eight months after construction began, but in mid-2008 it was expected to arrive on site in June 2009.[5] As of August 2009, the TBM launch box was still being excavated; utility relocation was nearly complete between 91st Street and 96th Street and was in progress elsewhere.

As a consequence of the many "false starts", the SAS is often cited as an example of bureaucratic red tape and government incompetence.[citation needed] However, the reasons for its delay are numerous and complex. The line is sometimes referred to as "The Line That Time Forgot".

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