
MTA Construction and Development Company is a subsidiary of the
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is a public benefit corporation responsible for public transportation in the New York City metropolitan area of the U.S. state of New York. The MTA is the largest public transit authority in t ...
(MTA), formed in July 2003 as MTA Capital Construction Company to manage the MTA's major capital projects in the
New York metropolitan area
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. It mainly focuses on improving
transportation infrastructure
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and facilities in
New York City
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, the
Hudson Valley
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, and
Long Island areas. Funding primarily comes from local, state, and national bond sales and budgets. In 2017
Janno Lieber became MTA Capital Construction president; in 2021 he was appointed Acting Chair of the MTA.
Projects being built under MTA Capital Construction include the
East Side Access
East Side Access (ESA) is a public works project in New York City that extended the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) from its Main Line in Queens into a new station under Grand Central Terminal on Manhattan's East Side. A project of the Metropoli ...
and phases 2, 3, and 4 of the
Second Avenue Subway
The Second Avenue Subway (internally referred to as the IND Second Avenue Line by the MTA and abbreviated to SAS) is a New York City Subway line that runs under Second Avenue on the East Side of Manhattan. The first phase of this new line, ...
. The
Fulton Center
Fulton Center is a subway and retail complex centered at the intersection of Fulton Street and Broadway in Lower Manhattan, New York City. The complex was built as part of a $1.4 billion project by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority ...
was completed in November 2014 under MTA Capital Construction; the
7 Subway Extension
The 7 Subway Extension is a subway extension of the New York City Subway's IRT Flushing Line, which is served by the local and express services. The extension stretches southwest from its previous terminus at Times Square, at Seventh Aven ...
was completed in September 2015; and the Second Avenue Subway's first phase was completed in January 2017. Other projects include the third track on the
Main Line on the
Long Island Rail Road between
Floral Park and
Mineola, and the second track from
Bethpage to
Ronkonkoma on the same line.
See also
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New York City Subway
References
External links
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Organizations established in 2003
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Proposed public transportation in New York (state)
Proposed public transportation in New York City
2003 establishments in New York City
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