Completing a $315-million project to expand passenger access to one of the world’s busiest transportation hubs—and embarking on a $1.85-billion phase to create a grand new entry hall—would normally be the stuff of triumphant backslapping.
As government officials and construction industry participants marked significant milestones in upgrading New York City’s overstretched Pennsylvania Station and the June start of work on the new Moynihan Train Hall, mixed in was a palpable sense of relief to finally have made progress.