Items Tagged with 'MTA Capital Construction'

Will Gov. Kathy Hochul's reduced toll price survive its critics and President-elect Trump?

Working under a design-build delivery approach, the team completed replacement of two tower elevator systems on the Marine Parkway–Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge, a 540-ft-long vertical lift span built in 1937, and rehabilitated mechanical components, including the span locks. 

The loss of an estimated $15 billion tied to congestion pricing leaves a large hole in the MTA’s capital budget.

Transit projects ranging from a $7.7-billion subway line extension to station accessibility improvements are on hold with the pause of program which was expected to generate $15 billion.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said she was indefinitely pausing implementation of congestion pricing tolls for Manhattan because of the potential for “unintended consequences.”

Former MTA Capital Construction chief navigated challenges both technical and political to guide completion of billions of dollars in projects to keep millions of city residents and visitors moving.