With her hurried pace, María Jacobo doesn’t waste a second to get to work on time, but she says that sometimes the sheets stick to her and she arrives late.
María Jacobo, East Harlem resident says:
“One arrives late because, one wakes up in the morning the more one falls asleep and wants to take shelter and for that very reason, we need the truth in this service, it would be perfect. Would it arrive on time? Would it arrive on time. Aren’t you going to be running anymore? “Not anymore, because the train is going to be here, I ask that I come and get on and let’s go.”
It refers to the Q train service, whose line will expand from 96th Street to 125th Street and Second Avenue in East Harlem.
The good news was announced on Tuesday by Senator Chuck Schumer and Congressman Adriano Espalliat, who indicated that the federal administration will transfer funds to the MTA for the project, in the amount of 3.5 billion dollars, of the almost 8,000 million needed.
“We hope that it will generate 16 thousand jobs, currently City College, the Rangel Institute is training many of the people who are going to get those jobs.”
“We have allocated more than five million dollars to the institute to train the young people who are going to acquire these jobs, and it will mobilize around 300 thousand people daily,” says Espaillat.
Phase two will finally be a reality that will create thousands of jobs and provide service to more than 100,000 people who for years have waited for the expansion of the Q line, which would add service between 106th and 116th streets, the rails will then connect with the 4,5 and 6 train lines at 125th Street and Lexington Avenue.
“More convenient because people will get closer to their work, faster. It is more convenient for businesses too, explains Marcelino García.
The second avenue line was proposed in 1920 and failed construction began in 1970 but the project was abandoned due to a fiscal crisis in the city.
Luis Velesaca would also come more calmly to open the business:
“We hope that it will be done soon for the benefit of us and also of the entire community that lives here, one hundred thousand people! Yes, there are one hundred thousand people and the truth is that I have seen that the Q has been a good transportation for those who have not had access to second avenue, he maintains.
At the moment, the MTA has not announced the start date of the project or the execution period of the works.
2023-10-25 21:57:00
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