Central Subway

Please refer to the Central Subway Newsletter (English PDF, Chinese PDF) for detailed updates, news and accomplishments.

Key milestones include:

• February 2010: Ground breaking of Utility Relocation for the future Moscone Station and Portal Tunnel
• February 2010: Received $20 million in New Starts funding to support ongoing design work for the project
• January 2010: FTA entry into final design approval
• January 2010: Beginning of utilities relocation for the Moscone Station and Portal Tunnel
• December 2009: SFMTA Board awarded Stations Design Package #2
• November 2009: SFMTA Board awarded Moscone and Portal Utility Relocation contract
• October 2009: SFMTA Board awarded Tunnels Design Package #1
• September 2009: Utilities relocation for Moscone Station and Tunnel Portal advertised
• September 2009: Central Subway awarded $9.9 million in additional funding by  the FTA for advanced preliminary engineering and design work
• May 2009: Completion of the Preliminary Engineering Report
• April 2009: San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) Board approval to advertise the Final Design Request for Proposal
• January 2009: Commenced right-of-way property and easement acquisition process
• November 2008: Record of Decision (ROD) awarded by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA)

 

 

2010 - 2011

Utilities relocation

2010 - 2013

Final design

Spring 2012

Full funding grant agreement

2010 - 2017

Construction

2018

Begin service

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On February 5, 2009, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced its annual ratings for projects currently competing for federal New Starts funds. The Central Subway received a positive review with a “medium-high” rating for project justification and mobility improvements and a “high” rating for land use benefits. The project received a “medium-high” overall rating. While not a guarantee of funding, the rating means that the project will continue to move forward, with encouraging prospects for FFGA.

Each year the Central Subway Project must submit a New Starts Report to be evaluated under the Federal New Starts review program. All aspects of the project have been analyzed including the benefit-to-cost ratios, ridership and technical approach. As a result of ongoing analysis of the project and its progress, the FTA has increased the rating of this project to "medium-high" for project justification and the overall project rating has been upgraded to "medium-high" as well.

To access archived documents please click the corresponding document below:

Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report