Thursday, September 28, 2017
MTA May Cut Back On $836M Emergency Subway Repair Work If De Blasio Doesn’t Pay Up
The big subway fix may be in a bit of a fix.
An ambitious MTA plan to rescue the subway from collapse may get scaled back for lack of funding, the head of the MTA said Wednesday.
Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Joe Lhota said he’ll tell transit agency board members next month how he plans to pay for his $836 million subway action plan, which includes hiring 2,700 workers.
Lhota, who unveiled his plan two months ago, said he’ll also show what work will get top priority if he can’t get any assurances the cash he needs will be there. . .