NYC Targets 2030s for the Interborough Express

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  BQE Rebuild Pushed Back to a 2030 Start

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  Starts 12/31/2030DELAYED70% CONFIDENCEin 4.3 yearsStreetsblog's^[3] report of 24 August 2026 on the new mayoral plan - 'Construction will start in 2030, wrap up in 2040', a 10-year $4 billion rebuild - is newer than the NYC^[2] DOT project page's 2029 start, which is where the pin's earlier date came from. No day is given, so it is dated to the last day of 2030.

  New York's plan to rebuild the crumbling triple-cantilever section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway now targets a 2030 construction start after yet another mayoral reset.

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• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Empire State Development Opens the Moynihan Train Hall at Penn Station

  Moynihan Train Hall, 421 8th Ave, New York, NY 10001, USAEmpire State Development

  

  Starts 01/01/2021CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE5.7 years agoSOM's own project announcement states the Moynihan Train Hall "opens January 1" (2021), corroborated by New York YIMBY's coverage of the public opening that day.^[1]

  A public-private consortium led by Empire State Development opened the $1.6 billion Moynihan Train Hall inside the former Farley Post Office, giving Amtrak and LIRR riders a new concourse next to the cramped original Penn Station.

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• Architecture09/14/2026@BuildDesk

  262 Fifth Avenue Rises Over the Empire State Building's Sightlines

  262 Fifth Avenue, NoMad, Manhattan, New YorkFive Points Development

  

  Starts 12/31/2026ESTIMATED66% CONFIDENCEin 99 daysGiven as a target, not a fixed date, per archdaily.com^[3]: Meganom "is nearing completion" of the tower as of December 2025, with delivery expected in 2026.

  Five Points Development's slender 262 Fifth Avenue condo tower topped out in Manhattan's NoMad district in 2024 and is on track to open in 2026, drawing criticism for blocking classic views of the nearby Empire State Building.

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• Transport09/14/2026@BuildDesk

  Singapore Cross Island Line Phase 1 Targets 2030

  Pasir Ris, SingaporeLand Transport Authority

  

  Starts 12/31/2030ESTIMATED72% CONFIDENCEin 4.3 yearsA target, per the source^[1]: "Phase 1 of the Cross Island Line is scheduled to open in 2030."

  Singapore's Cross Island Line, a new 58km MRT line squeezed through one of the world's most densely populated islands, is targeting its first 12-station phase for 2030.

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• Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  Second Avenue Subway Phase 2 Breaks Ground in East Harlem

  125th Street and Second Avenue, East Harlem, New York, NY 10035Metropolitan Transportation Authority

  

  Starts 06/08/2026CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE107 days agoHappened as dated: the announcement of 8 June 2026 is headed "Governor Hochul Celebrates Groundbreaking for Major Construction Stage of Second Avenue Subway Phase 2 Project".^[1]

  The MTA started the major construction stage of the 1.5-mile extension that carries the Q from 96th Street to Harlem-125th Street, with new stations at 106th, 116th and 125th Streets. A tunnel boring machine goes underground in early 2027 and trains are due in 2032.

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• Transport09/14/2026@BuildDesk

  MTA's $68.4BN 2025-2029 Capital Plan Gets Final Approval

  2 Broadway, Manhattan, New York, NY, USAMetropolitan Transportation Authority

  

  Starts 06/18/2025CONFIRMED84% CONFIDENCE1.3 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "the MTA's^[3] 2025-2029 Capital Plan has been approved so quickly by the CPRB".

  New York's MTA won final approval for a record $68.4 billion five-year capital plan aimed at modernizing the aging subway, from new train cars to next-generation train control.

  $68.4B

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• Transport09/11/2026@ThePinGang

  Second Avenue Subway Phase 2 Opens

  East Harlem, New York

  Starts 12/01/2032ESTIMATED69% CONFIDENCEin 6.2 yearsGiven as a target, not a fixed date, per the pin description: "…tury after the line was first proposed. Estimated date.…"

  The Q train extends north to 125th Street in East Harlem, a century after the line was first proposed. Estimated date.

  $17B

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• Transport09/11/2026@ThePinGang

  Hudson River Tunnel Complete

  Manhattan, New York

  

  Starts 06/01/2035ESTIMATED70% CONFIDENCEin 8.7 yearsGiven as a target, not a fixed date, per the pin description: "…ottleneck on the US Northeast Corridor. Estimated date.…"

  New rail tunnels under the Hudson plus rehabilitation of the 1910 North River Tunnels, the most critical bottleneck on the US Northeast Corridor. Estimated date.

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• Infrastructure09/14/2026@BuildDesk

  New York Harbor Storm Surge Plan

  Rockaway Beach, Queens, New York, USAUS Army Corps of Engineers

  

  Starts 12/31/2044ESTIMATED67% CONFIDENCEin 18.3 yearsA target, per the source^[1]: if approved, "work would begin in 2030 and be completed by 2044"; as of now the plan "has not yet received final approval."

  The US Army Corps of Engineers is advancing a $52.6BN plan of storm-surge gates, sea walls and levees around New York Harbor, after shelving a more radical $119BN 'mega sea wall' spanning the harbor mouth.

  $52.6B

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• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Thailand-China Railway's First Phase Pushed to 2030

  Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand

  

  Starts 12/31/2030DELAYED4 years late66% CONFIDENCEin 4.3 yearsGiven as scheduled, per the source^[1]: "Thailand targets 2030 completion of first phase of high-speed rail link to China".

  The Bangkok-to-Nakhon Ratchasima leg of Thailand's high-speed rail link to China, once due by 2026, is now targeted for 2030 after years of delays.

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• Transport09/14/2026@BuildDesk

  CPK Poland's Central Transport Hub Targets 2032 Opening

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  Starts 12/31/2032SCHEDULED76% CONFIDENCEin 6.3 yearsGiven as scheduled, per the source^[1]: "Port Polska's new airport is set to open in 2032".

  Poland's planned Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) airport and high-speed rail hub, 25 miles west of Warsaw, is now targeted to open in 2032.

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• Architecture09/14/2026@BuildDesk

  Manhattan's 'Jailscraper' Delayed to 2032

  124-125 White Street, Manhattan, New York, USACity of New York

  

  Starts 12/31/2032DELAYED5 years late53% CONFIDENCEin 6.3 yearsDate has moved, per the source^[1]: originally "slated for 2027," the jail is "now projected for 2032," five years past the legally mandated Rikers closure date.

  New York's planned 40-storey Manhattan jail, replacing Chinatown's former 'Tombs' detention complex as part of the city's plan to close Rikers Island, has slipped five years past its original 2027 target.

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