MTA greenlights $250M for consultants to expand Second Avenue subway — at expected cost of $4.3B per mile to build

The MTA’s spending is like a runaway train.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s board rubber-stamped nearly $250 million Wednesday for consultants in its already colossally pricey, long-delayed Second Avenue subway extension.

The mega-plan’s Phase Two to grow the Q line by 1.8 miles on the Upper East Side is expected to cost $7.7 billion — or an eye-watering roughly $4.3 billion per mile — making it one of the costliest subway projects in the world.

https://nypost.com/2025/03/26/us-news/mta-greenlights-250m-for-consultants-to-expand-second-avenue-subway-which-they-claim-will-cost-4-3b-per-mile-to-build/?fbclid=IwY2xjawKm2pVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFLdzhyaXRNdHZHdFNlTkN0AR5kDxKpWgvKHxz-kBH4gew58RQcg9kmFFUGtUcjoqn-3mQ4KnoSKCnnzBG_Ew_aem_d6xp_fhUL70WHfZetUdB9g