The future expansion of the Second Avenue Subway remains uncertain following the MTA Board’s approval Wednesday of its proposed $68 billion capital plan — which doesn’t include any new money for it — and the pause on congestion pricing that mostly stopped work in its tracks.
Extending the Q train to 125th Street and Lexington Avenue in Harlem was the marquee item in the 2020-2024 MTA capital plan that was put on ice following Gov. Kathy Hochul’s June 5 “temporary pause” on the Manhattan tolling scheme. Although the previous capital plan included spending on the subway extension, it was set to be funded through congestion pricing — but the money has not materialized due to the ongoing pause, leaving the Q extension in limbo.
