Governor Kathy Hochul announced the start of what her office calls the largest subway signal replacement project in MTA history, according to a release from the Governor's office.
The project modernizes signal systems that in many cases date to the system's original construction, replacing fixed-block signals with communications-based train control (CBTC) — a system that tracks trains continuously rather than in fixed blocks, allowing trains to run closer together safely and reducing the delays that come from aging relay equipment.
The announcement did not break out a borough-by-borough contract list or bid schedule in the material released Thursday. For contractors, signal modernization work is specialty electrical and systems work typically let through MTA Construction & Development as design-build or systems packages, not general trades — the kind of job that shows up on the agency's procurement portal months before a shovel moves.
The release frames the work as part of the MTA's ongoing capital program investment in subway reliability, following years of signal-related delay complaints documented in MTA's own performance dashboards.
First reported by Governor Kathy Hochul's office.