Fulton Street Station foundation work, October 2008
Work on the transit hub at Fulton Street began in early February 2005 -- the first steps on the way to a station that links 12 subway lines and will accommodate more than 300,000 riders daily.
The MTA announced in January 2008 that the transit center's main building likely will not be built exactly as planned due to escalating construction costs. However, other project elements -- including the Dey Street Concourse and headhouse, Corbin Building restoration and new entrances, and other station "rationalization" features within the station -- are proceeding as originally planned.
A revised plan for the main building, on the southeast corner of Broadway and Fulton, is anticipated in late 2008. A new opening date also is to be announced.
NOTICE: The Broadway-Nassau station entrance on the south side of Fulton Street east of Broadway closed in April 2008. Alternately, riders can use the entrance on the north side of Fulton Street.
*The following information was last updated on November 18, 2008.
Dey Street Pedestrian Concourse
As of August 20, 2005: The Cortlandt Street R/W station is closed. Work included underpinning the subway track and platform structure, and widening the station platforms and roof. Coordination is taking place with the Port Authority for its East Bathtub construction project. The northbound platform may reopen in spring 2009; the southbound platform reopening will likely coincide with the 2012 completion of WTC Towers 2, 3 and 4.
As of October 3, 2005:Dey Street is closed to vehicular traffic through appx. November 24, 2008. The closure alloed crews to build the underground pedestrian concourse that will link the FSTC with the World Trade Center Transportation Hub.
Crews continue work on Church Street from Dey to Fulton Streets to complete new Cortlandt Street R/W station entrances.
Crews are building the new Dey Street headhouse at the southwest corner of Broadway and Dey, and are currently forming its concrete structure. Finishing contract to be awarded in late 2008.
Main Building Site (Broadway at Fulton)
Secant-wall installation and foundation work inside the work site on Fulton near Broadway began in late July and continues through November 2008
The contract for foundation work and underpinning of the Corbin Building was awarded in November, with work planned to begin in March 2009
Two traffic lanes and a pedestrian walkway will be maintained on Broadway
For more information about this project, call the MTA's Fulton Street Tranist Center hotline at 646 252 2670, or visit their website at www.mta.info to submit questions via e-mail.
Sections of the Fulton Street Transit Center complex have been or are being completed on different timelines. The revised plan for the main building is anticipated in late 2008.
The current Fulton Street-Broadway-Nassau subway station is a collection of subway lines that were built by three independent transit companies in the early 20th century. The result of connecting those lines -- the 2/3, 4/5, A/C, and J/M/Z -- was a tangle of corridors and stairways that even seasoned riders can get lost in.
As the new transit center is built, the MTA plans to keep trains in operation and is making every effort to minimize disruption for the neighborhood’s homes and businesses. Those factors have a significant impact on scheduling, which is broken down into six phases that each last one to two years.
Because much of the new transit center work will take place while subways are operating, commuters should expect occasional delays in service. The MTA will work on the new center seven days a week, but it plans to limit train diversions to nights and weekends as much as possible. Visit the Alerts section of LowerManhattan.info or www.mta.info, or call 311 for the very latest on subway diversions.
LMCC/LMDC monitors air quality via a network of community air monitors in Lower Manhattan. The MTA CC will perform work area monitoring for asbestos, mold and metals throughout the remediation phase at 189 Broadway, scheduled to begin mid-November. Asbestos surveys and site evaluations are currently underway at the buildings east of Broadway and the remediation and deconstruction of these buildings will occur within the first quarter of 2007. MTA CC adheres to the Environmental Performance Commitments developed to minimize the cumulative effects of the Lower Manhattan Recovery projects. In addition, MTA CC contractors must keep construction noise levels within 5 dBA (1-hour Leq) of ambient noise at residential buildings.
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