The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is moving forward with the Second Avenue Subway expansion, a project that has been promised to East Harlem for nearly a century. The MTA Board has approved a nearly $2 billion contract for the tunneling and excavation work for Phase two of the project.

The long-awaited Second Avenue subway project is taking a major step forward, with crews set to dig a new tunnel up to 120 feet below ground. The $2 billion contract will extend the Q line from East 96th Street to East 125th Street,