Concept
During the planning stage of the Fulton Center project, there were numerous alternatives for a passageway connecting Church Street and the Fulton Street station. These alternatives included a pedestrian tunnel, with a paid transfer, under Fulton Street. Various configurations within the Fulton Center main building were also planned, including a diagonal link between a tunnel under Dey Street and the A/C Mezzanine in the Fulton Center transit hub. After much analysis, it was decided that a 40 feet wide tunnel was to be built under Dey Street, without a paid transfer between the Fulton Street station and the Cortlandt Street (BMT Broadway Line) station.
The MTA's decision to disallow a paid transfer was on the premise that Broadway and Church Streets are critical north-south streets. An unpaid passageway would allow non-passengers to move throughout Lower Manhattan, without having to cross those streets. Furthermore, the passageway is planned to directly connect the World Trade Center Transportation Hub, which will open in the World Trade Center site in 2015, as well as the other World Trade Center buildings, and a new passageway to the World Financial Center.
| “ | Since the beginning, the concourse has been an essential part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)'s Transit Center plans. Its creation will allow around 275,000 daily subway riders to transfer between the Fulton Street / Broadway – Nassau Street station's nine services to the R at Cortlandt Street and the World Trade Center (WTC) PATH station. The MTA also recently announced revised plans that extend the underground connector to the E platform at the WTC -- stretching the project's $844 million budget for the benefit of downtown commuters. | ” |
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—From Lower Manhattan Construction Command Center's archives |
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However, due to budgetary concerns, the tunnel width had been re-scaled from 40 feet (12 m) to 29 feet (8.8 m).
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