The latest federal oversight report for the Second Avenue subway projected soft cost spending at $1.4 billion — one-third of the budget, not including financing expenses. Both the Second Avenue subway and East Side Access projects hired the same main engineering firm: WSP USA, formerly known as Parsons Brinckerhoff. retirement home.”The firm was the only vendor to bid on the engineering contract for the Second Avenue subway, records show. But while the Second Avenue Subway cost $2.5 billion a mile, the Line 14 extension is on track to cost $450 million a mile. The Second Avenue subway project employed about 700 workers, many making double that (although that included health insurance).

Source: New York Times December 29, 2017 01:31 UTC