A pier park and a rooftop farm atop the Javits Center will be built as part of a $51 billion investment in the Midtown West neighbourhood of New York City.
Governor Andrew Cuomo earmarked a significant chunk of his $306 billion infrastructure plan for the city for the neighbourhood while laying out his 2021 agenda.
Plans for Midtown West include turning a police vehicle compound on a waterfront pier into an extension of Hudson River Park.
Top: renovations will continue at Penn Station. Above: Pier 76 will become a part of the Hudson River Park
The pier is currently used to store vehicles confiscated by the police for being parked illegally.
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New York Governor Cuomo's State of the State speeches last week included an ambitious proposal for a large-scale redevelopment project on Manhattan's west side, adjacent to Penn Station.
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For the longest time, traveling through Penn Station s dark, low-ceilinged halls and crowded labyrinth-like layout has been a necessary evil for those taking the LIRR and Amtrak trains.
But in the very near future, it will be a world-class facility the Empire State deserves, according to Governor Andrew Cuomo. In his State of the State Address, Cuomo announced that Penn Station would undergo a massive $16 billion project to expand its train capacity by 40 percent with at least eight more underground tracks to cut down on delays and improve operations for the more than 600,000 passengers who pass through every day.
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced a $306 billion spending plan as part of his 2021 infrastructure agenda.
In what Cuomo called the largest, most ambitious plan put forward by any state in the nation,” the initiative will focus on a $51 billion transit-oriented redevelopment of Manhattan s Midtown West area and the continued modernization of New York airports and transportation. It also earmarked billions for upstate New York transportation projects that will spur economic growth.
The Midtown West projects which Cuomo said would create 196,000 jobs include an extension of the High Line linear park to the new $1.6 billion Moynihan Train Hall; replacement of the Port Authority Bus Terminal; a $15 billion expansion and renovation of Penn Station; 20 million square feet of retail; 1,400 new affordable housing units; a new waterfront park; and a continuation of the $1.5 billion expansion of the Jacob K. Javits Center.