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8/19/2025
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (MTA) board approved a $2 billion tunnel-boring contract for the second phase of the Second Avenue Subway project, which will extend the Q train from 96th Street to 125th Street in East Harlem, New York.
The new tunnel will extend from a route originally built in the 1970s to accommodate the future 116th Street Station. New tunnel will be bored from 116th Street to 125th Street, and space will also be excavated for a future station at 125th Street, officials from New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's office said in a press release.
The contract was awarded to Connect Plus Partners, a joint venture between Halmar International and FCC Construction. The partners will bore tunnel between 35 feet and 120 feet below Second Avenue. Early work will begin later this year, with heavy civil construction starting in early 2026, and the tunnel boring itself beginning in 2027.
The project's second phase is on schedule with a revenue service date in 2032 and a budget of $6.99 billion, MTA officials said. The expansion will be completed in four phases. The first construction contract was awarded in January 2024 for utility relocation work from 105th Street to 110th Street in preparation for the construction of 106th Street Station.
The third phase involves constructing the underground space for the106th Street Station, while the fourth and final phase will cover the fit-out of the stations at 106th, 116th and 125th streets, and track, signal, power and communications. This contract is currently in design, project officials said.