Maloney Cheers Completion of 1st Second Avenue Subway Tunnel

Feb 7, 2011 Issues: 2nd Avenue Subway, 2nd Avenue Subway, Local Issues

New York, NY – Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) celebrated the news that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) 485-ton, 450-foot-long tunnel boring machine (TBM) had reached 63rd Street, completing the first tunnel for the Second Avenue Subway.  On May 14, 2010, the MTA launched the TBM at 92nd Street.  The TBM will now be disassembled, brought back to 92nd Street, reassembled and relaunched to dig the subway’s second tunnel.
“We’re starting to see real progress now that the tunnel boring machine has completed the first tunnel for the Second Avenue Subway.  There’s still a lot of work to do, but that light at the end of the tunnel is growing ever-brighter now that this milestone has been reached.  I congratulate the MTA and the construction team for getting us this far, and I look forward to celebrating the completion of the second tunnel,” said Maloney.