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TRANSIT-HUB 'BLOOD OATH'
By TOM NAMAKO
May 21, 2009
The 50-foot glass building and metal dome that will tower over a revamped Fulton Street Transit Center won't be completed until June 2014 -- a date one MTA official swore was "signed in blood."
For months, there was no end in sight for the megaproject after it blew by its initial December 2009 opening deadline.
MTA Chairman Dale Hemmerdinger said MTA construction chief Michael Horodniceanu, "has, at least to me, signed it in blood" -- referring to the completion date.
The new timeline for the project was made possible by the agency securing $1.4 billion in federal stimulus funds.
Straphangers will be able to use a new northbound platform for the R and W lines by this December, said Horodniceanu.
A new entrance at William Street will be finished by May 2011, the 4 and 5 lines station will be rehabbed by July 2012, and the mezzanine for the A and C lines will be finished by March 2013.