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The 7 Subway Extension project extended the New York City Subway's IRT Flushing Line southwest from its previous terminus at Times Square, at Seventh Avenue and 41st Street, to one new station at 34th Street and Eleventh Avenue. A second station at 10th Avenue and 41st Street was dropped from the plans in October 2007. The entirety of the extension is located within the New York City borough of Manhattan and is served by the local and express services. The extension, a key part of the Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project, is expected to bring business and entertainment into the area. It is also intended to aid redevelopment of nearby Chelsea and Hell's Kitchen around the Long Island Rail Road's West Side Yard. The extension serves the nearby Jacob K. Javits Convention Center as well as the Hudson Yards area. The project was originally proposed in 2005 as part of the failed attempt to build the West Side Stadium for the New York Jets and the city's bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics. Although the stadium plan was rejected by city and state planning agencies, the 7 subway extension plan was approved. Construction on the extension started in 2007. The extension's opening was pushed back multiple times from its original intended start date of December 2013. In January 2014, Michael Horodniceanu, chief of MTA Construction Company, stated that complications in the installation of the inclined elevator would likely cause a delay until late summer or early fall of 2014. The same reason was given in February 2014 to push back the projected date of the opening to November 2014. In June 2014, Horodniceanu told the MTA board that, in addition to problems with the inclined elevator and escalators at the station, the ventilation fans along the tunnel were experiencing problems with vibrations, further delaying the projected opening. In December 2014, the MTA announced that it intended to open the extension to the public in February 2015 and offered financial incentives in return for a timely opening, but the opening was further delayed because of a variety of problems. In March 2015, the MTA announced a delay to summer 2015. The extension opened to the public on September 13, 2015. ==Historical context== Proposals of a 7 Subway Extension were floated as early as 1993, when the New York City Planning Commission (CPC) wrote a report called "Shaping the City’s Future". In that report, the CPC considered extending the IRT Flushing Line, which carried the 7 local and <7> express services, to Hell's Kitchen to serve a rapidly developing neighborhood in a once-industrial area. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) had also began exploring the possibility of such an extension. In a 2001 report, the CPC argued that further development could not be done without an extension, saying: It was again proposed as part of the New York City bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics. The City wanted to get funding before July 2005, at which time the International Olympic Committee would vote on funding. However, due to shortfalls in the MTA's Capital Program, as well as preexisting funding for the Second Avenue Subway and East Side Access, the MTA could not pay to fund the extension.〔 After a proposal for the West Side Stadium, an Olympic stadium to be located above the nearby West Side Yard, was rejected in 2005, New York City quickly lost their Olympic bid. However, the subway extension was approved〔 following a successful rezoning of about 60 blocks from 28th to 43rd Streets, which became the Hudson Yards neighborhood. In a report entitled ''No. 7 Subway Extension – Hudson Yards Rezoning and Development Program'', the government of New York City, devised a rezoning plan for the Hudson Yards area and proposed two new subway stations to serve that area.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=NO. 7 SUBWAY EXTENSION-HUDSON YARDS REZONING AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM )〕 Mayor Michael Bloomberg's December 12, 2006, address to the New York League of Conservation Voters noted that in November 2006, the government began issuing bonds to fund the extension of the 7 subway to Eleventh Avenue and 34th Street. The $2.4 billion extension was funded with New York City funds from municipal Tax Increment Financing (TIF) bond sales that are expected to be repaid with property tax revenues from future developments in areas served by the extension. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「7 Subway Extension」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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