Overview

• New York’s MTA awarded the design‑build to Connect+—a consortium of FCC Construcción and Halmar International—valued at about €1.5 billion (about $1.8 billion).
• The contract converts a 762‑meter tunnel built in the 1970s between 116th and 125th Streets into a station, adds a 2,560‑meter bore to Malcolm X Boulevard, and excavates the 125th Street station cavity.
• Two variable‑density tunnel boring machines will manage mixed ground conditions without disassembly, according to the project brief.
• The award is one of several main packages within a roughly $6.99 billion Phase 2 program, with preliminary work slated for late 2025, heavy construction in 2026, and tunneling in 2027.
• The extension aims to ease Lexington Avenue line crowding and serve about 300,000 daily riders once complete, with the project expected to generate thousands of jobs.