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Millions of New York commuters to face TEN YEARS of delays and disruptions as MTA prepares to finally overhaul its dilapidated subway system

(Mail Online)    11:04, May 23, 2018

For the next 10 years, New Yorkers will be subjected to night and weekend closures of the subway system as part of a ‘revitalization plan’ from the MTA.

New York City Transit President Andy Byford is expected to announce a plan to replace the signals in a large portion of the network over the next decade on Wednesday,The New York Post reported.

The MTA also hopes to make 50 stations more wheelchair accessible over the next five years.

About three million Subway users will be the first to feel the pain of cancellations and delays, sources told the Post, as the Lexington Avenue line from the 149th Street Grand Concourse in the Bronx to Nevins Street in Brooklyn goes under construction.

The A/C/E line from Columbus Circle to Jay Street-MetroTech, portions of the F and G lines in Brooklyn and the E/F/M/R line in Queens, will also be affected over the first five years of the plan.

New York commuters will be faced with 10 years of night and weekend cancellations and closures (stock image) 

Sources say five million commuters will be impacted by the changes as the MTA works to replace old signal technology (stock image)

Next will be the Sixth Avenue line impacting commuters on A and C trains between between Jay Street-MetroTech to Lefferts Boulevard and Ozone Park.

The Rockaway shuttle and segments of the Broadway Avenue line will also be affected in the last five years of the plan, impacting two million commuters.

While the decade of delays could be worth it in the long run, there is growing concern over who will pay for the construction.

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