The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has been approved for a total of $1.2 billion in stimulus funds to go to projects that support New York City Transit’s work such as the Fulton Street Transit Center through the rehabilitation of the 4/5 subway line mezzanine and the A/C line mezzanine as well as construction on Dey Street and the Corbin Building. $423.4 million has been set aside for the Fulton Street project and $276 million has been approved for ongoing construction of the Second Avenue Subway. Of that, $197 million is devoted to construction of the 96th Street subway station.
The New York City Department of Transportation has been approved for $282 million in stimulus funds. $175 million of that amount will be used to replace the 60-year-old bus ramps at the St. George Ferry terminal on Staten Island while other projects set to receive stimulus funding include work on or around the Brooklyn Bridge and the Bruckner Expressway. The amount of NYSDOT projects currently approved for New York City only totals $81.1 million.