Early years MTA Capital Construction was announced in July 2003 as a new division to centralize four critical expansion projects for the MTA: • The
7 Subway Extension to
Hudson Yards, completed in September 2015 • The four-phase
Second Avenue Subway, of which the first phase was completed in January 2017 •
East Side Access, extending the
Long Island Rail Road to the
East Side of
Manhattan, which was completed in January 2023 The agency's inaugural president was Mysore Nagaraja. Prior to 2003, he led Capital Program efforts within
New York City Transit for seven years, including the reconstruction of the
1 and 9 trains in Lower Manhattan in the wake of the
September 11 attacks. Nagaraja departed the MTA in 2008 and was replaced by
Michael Horodniceanu Horodniceanu served as president of Capital Construction through 2017, most notably overseeing the completion of Phase 1 of the
Second Avenue Subway. Many financial issues with MTA megaprojects were unearthed during his time at the MTA.
Rebranding and recent projects Janno Lieber was appointed MTACC president in 2017, following a 14-year stint rebuilding the
World Trade Center site with
Silverstein Properties. Under Lieber's tenure, the MTA Board voted to rename the agency from "MTA Capital Construction" to "MTA Construction & Development." The decision was made to shift the agency's responsibilities away from its original "megaprojects" to being responsible for the entirety of the MTA's capital plan, which includes routine infrastructure maintenance, accessibility upgrades, and other improvements. and the second track from
Bethpage to
Ronkonkoma on the same line. ==See also==