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TIL construction on the 2nd Ave Subway started in 1972 but stopped n 1975 due to NYC's fiscal crisis. It resumed in 2007 where 1.8 miles of track cost $4.45 billion & a planned 1.5 mile will cost $6 billion. 1 expert stated that the Phase 1 project was the most expensive subway project in the world

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