It’s the middle of summer, and the MTA still has not turned on the air conditioning system in the new stations of the Second Avenue Subway, with a cost of $ 4.5 billion.
According to the representative of the MTA promised climate control in subway stations Second Avenue at 72nd Street, 86th Street and 96th Street were not included because the MTA has prioritized the launch of new metro lines and good service, and then such details as air conditioning. And this despite the fact that for 11 of the last 12 days of July the temperature in new York was above 80 degrees Fahrenheit, and today, and do something where the thermometer reached one hundred. June also turned out to be quite hot.
«We are delighted with the high level of service that provides a Second Avenue Subway after decades of delay, and how the launch of the new line reduced the passenger loads on the Lexington Avenue», — said the representative of the MTA ‘s Kevin Ortiz in a statement.
«We expect that climate control will be activated for all stations on the line over the next two days after the appropriate checks,» added Ortiz in his statement.
